MOHALI: As part of the drive to get government and panchayat shamlat land freed from illegal occupants, 138 acres of such land has been re-acquired by the government in the past 48 hours in Kharar and Derabassi.
Mohali deputy commissioner (DC) Amit Talwar said the exercise was conducted on the directions of the minister for rural development and panchayats Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal. A total of 67 acres, 2 kanals and 36 marlas of land was handed over to the panchayat block, Majri in Kharar.