Mysuru: Eight acres of encroached land recovered

Mysuru: Eight acres of encroached land worth Rs 8 crore at Gorur village in Kasaba hobli was recovered by the Mysuru City Corporation and the taluk administration officials on Tuesday, December 21.

According to sources, 55 acre land was identified for Ashraya Housing Scheme at old survey number 38 in 2004. During the survey, it was found that eight-acre land was encroached at RTC survey number 112 to 119, 121 to 124, 126, and 127.

The city corporation has reclaimed the land and a board has been installed on the premises notifying that the land belongs to the MCC.

Mysuru taluk tahsildar Rakshit, additional commissioner Roopa, engineers, Ashraya Housing Scheme officials and the police took part in the operation.