Kathua, 10 June (H.S.): Nearly two dozen illegally built structures including residential houses were demolished in a major anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said.

The drive was carried out in Kathua’s Hiranagar sub-division.

It was jointly conducted by the civil and police administration at Chapaki Kalan in the Hiranagar sector. It led to the retrieval of two-and-a-half hectares of encroached land, the officials said.

They said there was no untoward incident during the drive which lasted for several hours and concluded peacefully.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar