Dehradun, Nov. 2 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Nainital, 31 Oct: In one of the biggest anti-encroachment operations in recent years, the Forest Department and district administration today carried out a large-scale demolition drive in the Puchhri area of Ramnagar and reclaimed forest land from illegal occupation. The action was taken in an allegedly illegal settlement along the Kosi river which officials said had come up on government forest land over the years. The operation, conducted under the second phase of the encroachment removal campaign in the Terai West Forest Division, saw bulldozers and heavy machinery pressed into service amid unprecedented security arrangements.

According to the officials, valuable forest land in the Puchhri area...