Revenue department retrieves land worth Rs 60 crore

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAs part of the city’s land reclamation drive, a 15-acre odai poromboke, part of a larger 115-acre dry tank bed in Thirumullaivoyil, was retrieved from encroachers by the Revenue Department.This follows the retrieval of a 11-ground land in the Ambattur-Athipattu area worth `10 crore and a 29-ground land near Korattur, earlier in the month of August. Ten acres of the 15-acre encroachment had been fenced, while the rest of the five acres had been raised with a small mud boundary, with coconut and banana trees that were planted around three months ago, said Revenue Department officials. “We were informed by the tahsildar two days ago that a fence had been put up. We immediately reached the spot and cleared the area. Since it is a dry tank land, we handed it over to the Public Works Department,” they said.The 15-acre land that has been encroached alone is worth 60 crore, according to official estimates. Officials said that they were not able to trace the encroachers so far. “Investigations are on to find out who had occupied the land.”The land is surrounded by residential buildings and it is not clear what the PWD is planning to do with it. “It is a huge tank. It can fill up only if there is continuous heavy rains. Rainfall has been sparse this year, and that might have prompted them to encroach the land. We’re not sure what the PWD’s plan is. It is still in the early stages,” officials said.first published:September 01, 2012, 08:00 ISTlast updated:September 01, 2012, 08:00 IST
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As part of the city’s land reclamation drive, a 15-acre odai poromboke, part of a larger 115-acre dry tank bed in Thirumullaivoyil, was retrieved from encroachers by the Revenue Department.

This follows the retrieval of a 11-ground land in the Ambattur-Athipattu area worth `10 crore and a 29-ground land near Korattur, earlier in the month of August. Ten acres of the 15-acre encroachment had been fenced, while the rest of the five acres had been raised with a small mud boundary, with coconut and banana trees that were planted around three months ago, said Revenue Department officials. “We were informed by the tahsildar two days ago that a fence had been put up. We immediately reached the spot and cleared the area. Since it is a dry tank land, we handed it over to the Public Works Department,” they said.

The 15-acre land that has been encroached alone is worth 60 crore, according to official estimates. Officials said that they were not able to trace the encroachers so far. “Investigations are on to find out who had occupied the land.”

The land is surrounded by residential buildings and it is not clear what the PWD is planning to do with it. “It is a huge tank. It can fill up only if there is continuous heavy rains. Rainfall has been sparse this year, and that might have prompted them to encroach the land. We’re not sure what the PWD’s plan is. It is still in the early stages,” officials said.