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9.6 K Acre Defence Land Under Encroachment #Punjab,240.68 +UP 2.2 k

[New Delhi] 9.6 K Acre Defence Land Under Encroachment #Punjab,240.68 +UP 2.2 k
9622.807 acres of defence land In 31 States/UTs has been reported to be encroached in the country .Five Staes/UTs Are free from this evil.
State/UT-wise details of encroachment of defence land as on 31.12.2018

S. No. State/Union Territory Area of encroachment (in acres)

1 Andhra Pradesh 21.97

2 Andaman & Nicobar 26.521

3 Assam 460.5397

4 Arunachal Pradesh 87.8141

5 Bihar 478.974

6 Chandigarh 0

7 Chhattisgarh 165.768

8 Delhi 111.3013
9 Goa 4.264

10 Gujarat 164.6238

11 Haryana 538.8215

12 Himachal Pradesh 60.1421

13 Jammu & Kashmir 339.2447

14 Jharkhand 304.932

15 Karnataka 131.7923

16 Kerala 2.6839

17 Lakshadweep 0.08

18 Maharashtra 923.5062

19 Madhya Pradesh 1639.83

20 Manipur 6.1308

21 Meghalaya 11.0855

22 Mizoram 0

23 Nagaland 357.53

24 Odisha 0.11

25 Puducherry 0

26 #Punjab 240.68

27 Rajasthan 475.2829

28 Sikkim 0.2903

29 Telangana 146.2478

30 Tamilnadu 101.2418

31 Tripura 1

32 #Uttar Pradesh 2204.836

33 Uttarakhand 57.3982

34 West Bengal 558.165

35 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0

36 Daman & Diu 0

Total 9622.807

Government has undertaken the following steps to check encroachment:
Strengthening of defence land management by way of digitisation of land records, survey, demarcation and verification of defence lands and land Audit.
The process of defence land audit has been institutionalised from 2011-12 as a continuing process.
Court cases are being pursued to evict encroachers.
Close liaison is being maintained with revenue and civil police authorities to detect attempt to encroach upon the defence land by encroachers.
Defence lands located in isolated locations are being fenced and regular patrolling is being carried out to safeguard the lands from encroachers and unauthorized construction.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to ShriSushil Kumar Gupta in Rajya Sabha today.