Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) Enforcement Wing, with the help of Commissionerate Police, Thursday, carried out a major eviction drive on illegal encroachments in Shampur under the jurisdiction of Bharatpur Police Station and reclaimed nearly two acres of government land.
The operation was carried out with the direction of BDA Vice-Chairman Chanchal Rana and supervised by Joint Commissioner Ranjan Kumar Jena. The drive forms part of the authority’s ongoing initiative to free government land from unauthorised occupation and pave the way for planned urban development and public infrastructure projects. On the first day of the operation, enforcement teams demolished 38 ACC houses, four RCC houses under construction, 15 bathrooms, one under-construction iron shed, and approximately 100 feet of boundary wall that have been illegally built on government land.
Officials said the eviction was carried out only after following due legal procedures. Before the drive, BDA had issued eviction notices to the encroachers and repeatedly made public announcements through loudspeakers, urging them to vacate the land voluntarily. The authority maintained that sufficient time had been provided for occupants to remove their belongings before enforcement action was initiated.
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