Rural development panchayat ministerKuldeep Singh Dhaliwal claimed that around 26300 acres of cultivable Shamlat land worth Rs 9200 crore, which is not owned by the panchayats, has been identified.
As part of the special campaign to get rid of illegal possessions and identify the Shamlat lands of the villages a special Shamlat cell was set up to carry out the exercise.
The department is thoroughly examining all the records of the revenue department related to Shamlat lands across the state and so far the work of comparing the records with the revenue department record has been completed for 86 out of 153 blocks.