The Revenue department’s special task force reclaimed 18.10 acres of government land in Chinnakkanal village, near Munnar, on Friday.
According to Revenue department officials, a team led by Idukki Subcollector Arun S. Nair and Udumbanchola land records tahsildar Seema Joseph retrieved 16.45 acres of land at Sikukandam encroached by 12 persons, another 33 cents encroached by brothers at Suryanelly, and another 1 acre 32 cents encroached by government official Sharlat Johnson and sister Nadiya at Chinnakkanal.
A special team fixed a government-owned land board at the evicted land at Sinkukandam. It also sealed a resort in the evicted 33 cents of land at Suryanelly and took it under government possession.
