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State admits 9,600 cases of encroachment involving 1,850 hectares of forest land [1]

Encroachers to face FIR:
Shimla: The Forest Department has decided to register FIRs in all cases of encroachment on the forest land involving an area of more than 10 bighas, protected wildlife area, tempering with boundary pillars and raising of permanent structure.

It has also decided to set up a task force from the state level to the divisional level for ensuring coordinated action for the

Publication Date: 
17/06/2011
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Land Encroachments [3], Forest Encroachments [4], High Court [5], Shimla (D) [6]
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shimla-d