Over 84,005 hectares (approximately 2.08 lakh acres) of land across Uttar Pradesh have been freed from illegal encroachment over the past nine and a half years through strict action and various drives, the state revenue department said here on Wednesday.
The action comes as part of the Uttar Pradesh government’s anti-land mafia campaign against illegal encroachment on public properties.
Along with freeing land from illegal occupation, the campaign has been further expanded through the disposal of complaints, effective legal proceedings and criminal action against identified land mafias, it said.
According to revenue department officials, a four-tier Anti-Land Mafia Task Force has been constituted at the state, divisional, district and tehsil levels to ensure effective action against illegal encroachment on public properties in the state.
The objective is to systematically carry forward the process, from identifying illegal encroachments to taking action against them and freeing the
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