Lal Singh directs for demarcation of forest land to curb encroachments
18/02/2018
JAMMU, Feb 17: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh today informed that the government has retrieved around 1.35 lakh kanals encroached forest land from the land grabbers in 2016-17 for restoration of state's forest cover. The Minister said this while interacting with officers of the department and its allied wings at Forest Information Centre here today.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Ravi Kesar, Chief Wildlife Warden Manoj Pant, Managing Director State Forest Corporation Suresh Gupta, Director, Social Forestry, Ashwani Gupta, Chief Conservator Forests, Farooq Gillani, Director FPF Asif Mehmood Sagar, Director SFRI B.M Sharma, Director Soil Conservation Javed Iqbal Punju, Regional Wildlife Warden Dr V.S Sinthil Kumar, Conservator East Circle Kh Qamar-ud-Din, Joint Director Soil and Water Conservation Pawan Kudyar, Conservator Chenab Circle T.B Singh, Regional Director Social Forestry Roop Kour Avtar and Divisional Forest Officers were also present in the meeting.
Emphasizing the need to protect state's forest wealth from habitual land grabbers, the Minister directed the officers of the department to ensure that proper demarcation of forest land is done in a transparent manner so that encroachment can be curbed at all levels.
Choudhary Lal Singh asked the DFOs to submit the area wise detail of the forest land within a week's time to the department so that the spaces can be used for forest closures, construction of departmental buildings including check posts and offices. He directed the officers for preparing log books of each forest compartment and display sign boards on forest land so that the land grabbers refrain from encroaching state's green wealth. He cautioned the officers against any laxity on their part in dealing with the encroachers.
The Minister called for formulation of proper demarcation plan with greater vigil, proper fencing methodology and involvement of locals. He also called for undertaking computerization of forest land records so that proper upkeep of the available resources is ensured.
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