JAMMU: Hinting at no mercy to land grabbers, the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha asserted that every common man in Jammu and Kashmir UT support eviction drive against influential land grabbers and land mafia.
Powerful people grabbed government land exploiting their positions in system and now fearing music of law are spreading misinformation through their tours against the ongoing eviction drive with a sole motive to incite common man, asserted LG while addressing audience on the inauguration of Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI) at Jammu.
Assuring safety of livelihoods as well as habitations of common man, LG said, “Only influential and powerful people who misused their position and violated the law to encroach upon the State land would face the law of the land”.
“I have personally directed the DCs and SSPs to closely monitor and ensure no innocent person is affected in any manner during anti-encroachment drive,” reiterated Sinha.
The administration have been directed to put in public domain on daily basis the details alongwith names of from whom the encroached land was retrieved so as to dispel apprehensions of common man, added LG.