Admin told to remove Airforce depot encroachments in Ggn

Clearing the area will be nothing short of a challenge for the district administration. The survey by the MCG had shown that there are over 6000 residential settlements around the area with the population of 25,000.

On the petition filed by the Defence Ministry, the high court has directed that there should be no civilian settlements in such a close proximity. Earlier, the judiciary had ruled that the distance should be 900 metres, however, taking cognisance of the large civilian population that has settled around the area, it was reduced to 300 metres.