During the operation, the officials also destroyed the wheat and other crops illegally cultivated with tractors at the encroached land, the DFO stated.
The forest department officials cleared a large swathe of state land, which was illegally encroached by the influential people of the area, divisional forest officer (DFO) Iftikhar Arain said.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has decided to allot 9,000 acres of forest land to Pakistan Army for distribution among the families of the martyrs and wounded military men, ARY News reported.