Jamnagar Municipal Corporation carries out demolition drive; 15K sq ft land freed

Jamnagar: The district administration today carried out a demolition drive in the city, freeing up around 15,000 square feet of government land. The demolished structures also included religious structures like Mazars and mosques.

Addressing the media, an officer of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation said that near Mahaprabhu Ji Ni Baithak, around 51 illegal commercial encroachments in a 15,000-square-foot area within a 1.26 lakh-square-foot plot were being completely demolished. If any other illegal encroachments are found in the future, they will also be removed.

The demolition drive was carried out in the presence of the police, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police. Earlier, the civic body had issued notices to the encroachers to vacate the structures, and today they were razed. It is learned that land worth around Rs. 50 crore was freed in the demolition drive. DeshGujarat