LUCKNOW, April 19 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has reclaimed 153 hectares of encroached land worth nearly Rs.2,500 crore over the past two years, marking one of its largest anti-encroachment drives in the state capital. The civic body has combined eviction action with legal enforcement and preventive steps to secure the recovered land.

Pankaj Srivastava, additional municipal commissioner and in-charge of the property section, said on Saturday that around 30 FIRs have been registered against individuals allegedly involved in illegal occupation of municipal land across multiple villages. "All the reclaimed parcels are vested land of the LMC, and we have taken strict action to secure them," he said.

The civic body recently ca...