Jamshedpur, Dec. 20 -- Ahead of the imminent renewal of the Tata Lease agreement, the East Singhbhum district administration has formed five more teams to identify and remove encroachments and illegal constructions in the Tata Lease areas, in view of the revenue loss and unavailability of land for welfare projects in Jamshedpur, officials said on Saturday.

Two more teams, formed earlier by the DC, have already been working in the field for the same purpose.

The Tata Lease agreement was last renewed on August 20, 2005, with retrospective effect after its term expired on December 31, 1995. A total of 1,800 acres of land were allegedly encroached upon in Jamshedpur between 1995 and 2005, and 86 (now 124) slums came up on these land parcels...