351 acres of JDA's prime land encroached in Jammu: Govt

The Jammu and Kashmir government today said 2810 kanals (351.25 acres) of prime land belonging to the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) had been encroached by land grabbers in the state's winter capital.
"2810 kanals of the demarcated land (belonging to the JDA) has been encroached by illegal occupants (in Jammu winter capital city)," Urban Development Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora said in a written reply in the Legislative Assembly.
As per records available, out of a total 17884 kanals and 17 marlas (2235.5 acres) of demarcated land with the JDA, 8880 kanals and 18 marlas (1110 acres) had been utilised by the JDA for various developmental purposes, Jora said.

The minister said 751 kanals and 13 marlas (93 acres) of demarcated land had been regularised in favour of illegal occupants under various government orders in regularised colonies.
He said 1882 kanals and 10 marlas (235 acres) of land had been retrieved by the JDA with the assistance of police.