Delhi govt retrieves 70 bigha land after demolition drive

Delhi government today carried out demolition drives in several villages here and retrieved around 70 bigha gram sabha land worth Rs 30 crore.
The demolition drives was carried out in Maidangarhi, Ayanagar, Jonapur, and Chattarpur villages, District Magistrate (South), Niharika Rai said, adding that around 70 bigha gram sabha land having market value of of approximately Rs 30 crore was retrieved.
The drives were taken out on her directions and similar directions by various courts.
Rai, in a statement, also advised public not to invest their "hard earned savings in purchasing such government lands and beware of unscrupulous property dealers".

She informed that the Irrigation and Flood Control Department has been asked to construct a boundary wall along the retrieved land to check any re-encroachment.
The land would be allotted to government departments, government agencies like MCD, Health, Education. However, till it is allotted, the land has been handed over to Irrigation and Flood Control Department.