Dera Ismail Khan: The district administration of Dera Ismail Khan has retrieved a total of 62 kanals and 14 marlas of valuable government land, worth an estimated Rs725.6 million, during a week-long anti-encroachment campaign across the city and adjoining areas, removing illegal structures and clearing public rights of way at multiple locations. The campaign, conducted on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Hikmatullah Khan and led by Assistant Commissioner Dr Muhammad Hamid Siddiq, covered various localities along Main Chashma Road, Multan Road and other parts of the district. During the ongoing operation along Main Chashma Road, the administration retrieved six kanals of government right-of-way land worth Rs60 million in Mouza Rakh Mandhra near Kokar. Another one kanal, valued at Rs16.8 million, was recovered in Mouza Ratta Kalachi after removing illegal constructions, structures, platforms and encroachments along both sides of the road. APP
At Kokar Adda on Main Chashma Road, the administration retrieved 7 kanals and 10 marlas of right-of-way land, estimated to be worth Rs75 million. In a separate operation in Mouza Rakh Mandhran, another 8 kanals and 6 marlas of valuable government land worth Rs83 million were recovered.
Similarly, illegal structures, platforms, sheds and other encroachments were demolished on both sides of Chashma Road in Mouza Mandhran Kalan, resulting in the recovery of 3 kanals and 6 marlas of government land worth Rs33 million.
