New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday deprecated the Uttarakhand government for allowing large-scale encroachment of forest land in Rishikesh, calling it "shocking" that the state had failed to reclaim thousands of acres despite the withdrawal of an earlier land allotment at least four decades ago.
"What is shocking is that the Uttarakhand government is a silent spectator when thousands of acres of forest land is sought to be encroached," it said. P8
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