Sambalpur: Buildings built on encroached government land will be bulldozed and razed to the ground, informed Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari.
“Poor people building huts on 4 decimal land and staying in them are not encroachers. Earlier, only the houses of poor people were being demolished, now high-rise buildings of influential people built on encroached government land will be demolished. This will unmask the influential and powerful people. Buildings of the rich and influential built on encroached government land will be bulldozed,” said Pujari speaking to reporters here.
Earlier last week, the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department Satyabrata Sahu in a letter to all collectors asked them to make a realistic survey of rural and urban encroachments and remove them as per rules.
The district collectors have also been instructed to protect government land with suitable fencing and conspicuously display boards by utilizing the funds provided for the purpose.
