DDA conducts anti-encroachment drive in Yamuna flood plains, removes some ‘illegal’ structures

[ad_1] (Representative image) New Delhi:The DDA on Monday conducted an anti-encroachment drive on a portion of the environmentally-sensitive Yamuna flood plains and “some illegal structures” were removed, officials said. The drive near Barapullah area was carried out by the Delhi Development Authority according to the norms outlined by the NationalContinue Reading

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has halted the anti-encroachment drive that snowballed into a major controversy. The drive has already evicted thousands of people who had been cultivating and residing on government land. Bulldozers were used to remove encroachments of 20 Lakh kanals (2.5 lakh acres) of landContinue Reading

UP: Mother-daughter self-immolate in anti-encroachment drive; Oppn attacks BJP govt

[ad_1] Kanpur: A day after a mother-daughter duo died allegedly due to self-immolation during an anti-encroachment drive in Kanpur Dehat, police on Tuesday booked 39 people including a sub-divisional magistrate, four revenue officials and over a dozen cops on murder and other charges. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Maitha) Gyaneshwar Prasad has alsoContinue Reading