JAMMU, May 27 -- Jammu and Kashmir Forest Minister Javed Rana on Wednesday reached out to people affected by the recent anti-encroachment drive in forest areas on the outskirts of Jammu city and said two separate inquiry committees have been constituted to probe alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
Police and forest department teams on Tuesday carried out a major anti-encroachment drive in the Raika Bandi forest belt in the lower Shivalik range on the outskirts of Jammu city, demolishing more than 30 structures and retrieving nearly 60 kanals of forest land valued at several crores, officials said.
Rana said the inquiries were ordered under the directions of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and asserted that action would be take...