Nainital, Dec. 13 -- Serious questions have arisen in respect of alleged major encroachment on more than 43 naalis of forest land in Bhowali area. What probably began as a small structure on a legally leased plot of 2 naali land, allegedly went on to encroach as much as 43 naalis of land without any legal process or documents. Questions not only arise regarding the encroachers who have built a mosque and later encroached on this large piece of land but also regarding the forest and revenue officials, who through all these years just chose to look the other way as the encroachment was happening.

Reports of such encroachments are now emerging from across the state and even in Dehradun, particularly in Pachhwa Doon. Connivance of the revenu...