India, Sept. 15 -- Over the past decade, defence establishments freed more than 2,000 acres from encroachments, but over 10,800 acres still remain under illegal occupation according to a committee examining defence land encroachment across the country.

Data presented by the Independent Committee on Issues of Defence Land Management reveals that defence services and other stakeholders managed to retrieve 2,242 acres between January 1, 2015, and July 2025. The report further states that over 10,800 acres of defence land remain encroached and sought a comprehensive, time-bound mechanism to ensure valuable defence land is retrieved at the earliest.

The committee submitted its report to the Supreme Court, on September 10, in connection with ...