<p class="title">The drive to clear encroachments on government land at Abhyath Mangala, in order to provide land for the construction of houses for flood victims, commenced on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Owing to floods in River Cauvery, residents of Guhya, Karadigodu, Nelyahudikeri, Bettadakadu and other villages, situated on the banks of the river, had lost their<br />houses. To construct houses for flood victims, the district administration had identified and earmarked government land at Bettadakadu and Abhyath Mangala<br />villages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the district administration decided to clear the encroachments on the government land, two estate owners had brought stay from the court. </p>.<p class="bodytext">After vacating the stay, the authorities on Saturday started the process to reclaim the government land.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district administration had decided to clear 8.70 acres of government land on survey number 87/2 and 87/4 at Abhyathmangala one month<br />ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Owing to the stay order from the court, the land could not be reclaimed. After vacating the stay, a team led by Assistant Commissioner Javare Gowda initiated the process to clear the encroachments. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Land surveyors identified the border of the encroached land. Earth movers cleared all the plants, including coffee, arecanut and pepper, on the encroached land.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gowda said district administration had initiated measures to provide sites for the flood victims. “There are a few trees on the encroached land. The forest department has made a list of the trees. Unwanted trees will be felled from the<br />land.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The flood victims can construct temporary shed on the reclaimed land. A sum of Rs 50,000 will be given to them in two installments for the construction of the sheds, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district administration has carried out a survey and identified the border of 10.82 acres of encroached government land at<br />Bettadakadu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As there was confusion in the map of the land owned by a estate owner, he had filed a complaint in the court and accordingly, the court had issued a temporary stay on clearing the encroachments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court in turn had directed the estate owner to identify the border of his land and directed the survey department deputy director to identify the government land.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Accordingly, the survey of land on survey number 169/1 was held at Bettadakadu.</p>
<p class="title">The drive to clear encroachments on government land at Abhyath Mangala, in order to provide land for the construction of houses for flood victims, commenced on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Owing to floods in River Cauvery, residents of Guhya, Karadigodu, Nelyahudikeri, Bettadakadu and other villages, situated on the banks of the river, had lost their<br />houses. To construct houses for flood victims, the district administration had identified and earmarked government land at Bettadakadu and Abhyath Mangala<br />villages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the district administration decided to clear the encroachments on the government land, two estate owners had brought stay from the court. </p>.<p class="bodytext">After vacating the stay, the authorities on Saturday started the process to reclaim the government land.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district administration had decided to clear 8.70 acres of government land on survey number 87/2 and 87/4 at Abhyathmangala one month<br />ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Owing to the stay order from the court, the land could not be reclaimed. After vacating the stay, a team led by Assistant Commissioner Javare Gowda initiated the process to clear the encroachments. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Land surveyors identified the border of the encroached land. Earth movers cleared all the plants, including coffee, arecanut and pepper, on the encroached land.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gowda said district administration had initiated measures to provide sites for the flood victims. “There are a few trees on the encroached land. The forest department has made a list of the trees. Unwanted trees will be felled from the<br />land.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The flood victims can construct temporary shed on the reclaimed land. A sum of Rs 50,000 will be given to them in two installments for the construction of the sheds, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district administration has carried out a survey and identified the border of 10.82 acres of encroached government land at<br />Bettadakadu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As there was confusion in the map of the land owned by a estate owner, he had filed a complaint in the court and accordingly, the court had issued a temporary stay on clearing the encroachments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court in turn had directed the estate owner to identify the border of his land and directed the survey department deputy director to identify the government land.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Accordingly, the survey of land on survey number 169/1 was held at Bettadakadu.</p>