Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi District administration under an operation launched against the encroachers has retrieved four kanals state land from the occupation of the encroachers. The four kanals state land is worth Rs80 million.
According to a district administration spokesman, the administration on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Muhammad Ali conducted an operation on HMC Road in Taxila under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner and the Revenue officers concerned.
''Operation against the illegal constructions was carried out on HMC Road, Taxila and the land was retrieved from the occupation of the encroachers,'' he added. The district administration as per orders of the Punjab Chief Minister had issued strict instructions to all the departments concerned to map out illegal encroachments and take strict action against them, he said.
The DC Rawalpindi had directed the ACs of all tehsils of the district to expedite the operation against illegal constructions from their respective areas on the directives of the Punjab government.