Bangalore, 4/5: Lands that were earlier classified as ‘deemed forests’ will be given to persons encroaching on them for lease, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka said Wednesday.
A total of 6.64 lakh hectares of the state’s 9.94 lakh hectares of ‘deemed forests’ will be denotified and handed over to the revenue department.
The government plans to use this land to find a solution to the perennial problem of Bagair Hukum, which refers to unauthorised cultivation on government land. This is most prevalent in districts such as Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Shivamogga, Chikmagalur and Uttara Kannada among others.
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