Directs CEs to maintain data bank of land at divisional, district level
By: Ibni Maqbool
Srinagar: In a significant move, the Jal Shakti department has issued an advisory to prevent encroachment of its land after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) advised it do so.
According to the advisory, a copy of which is with The Precious Kashmir, the Jal Shakti department has directed chief engineers to maintain data banks of land allotted/ owned by them at divisional/ district level and get it verified from the Revenue department.
The move, according to the advisory, will protect land allotted to departments from further encroachment.
As per advisory, chief engineer Irrigation & Flood Control Kashmir/ Jammu should intimate the concerned administration as soon as the encroachment is noticed so that proceedings under law can be initiated.
The department has also directed chief engineer, Rawi Tawi Irrigation Canal (RTIC) to conduct an inquiry and fix responsibility of the concerned officers / officials who remained posted in the area in the past and under whose time illegal constructions/ encroachments have taken place and action warranted under law should be taken against them.
“Chief Engineer RTIC Jammu should retrieve the land from encroachers at the earliest,” the advisory further states.
The ACB asked the Jal Shakti department to come up with an advisory after a complaint was filed with it that state land of Ravi Tawi Canal has been encroached and illegal constructions have been raised over it.
