The Revenue department’s special task force removed two encroachments and reclaimed a total of 2.95 acres of land in Chinnakkanal and Pallivasal villages, near Munnar, on Saturday.
According to the Revenue department officials, a team led by Idukki Sub-Collector Arun S. Nair and Udumbanchola Land Records Tahsildar Seema Joseph retrieved 2.2 acres of land at Cement Palam, near Chinnakanal, on Saturday morning. The farmland, along with a house, was under the possession of Leela of Chinnapparakudi in Adimaly and her husband Jose Joseph. The team recovered another 75 cents of land in Pallivasal village from Rosamma Kartha.