Special anti-encroachment drive frees 62 acres of land at Deendayal Port Authority’s Kandla Port

GANDHIDHAM: A special encroachment removal drive has freed 62 acres of land from illegal occupation at Deendayal Port Authority’s Kandla Port, clearing space that will be used for upcoming infrastructure projects. Shri Sushil Kumar Singh, Chairperson of Deendayal Port Authority, told ANI that the action removed hundreds of makeshift and permanent structures.

“A special encroachment removal drive has freed 62 acres of land from illegal encroachment. There were around 400-500 hutments and semi-permanent structures, along with some permanent houses, here, which have been demolished to clear the land,” he said.

“Many new projects are underway at Kandla Port related to capacity augmentation and green decarbonization, green hydrogen and green methanol. So this land will be used for the new infrastructure projects that are coming up,” he said. “Today, this drive was conducted to free the special land from encroachment. We have accomplished this task with the support of the state police administration and the district administration,” he said.

Source: ANI