Action plan for prevention and removal of encroachments from Railway land.

Action plan for prevention and removal of encroachments from Railway land.

i. Preventive Steps

a) Identification of Vulnerable areas.

b) Construction of boundary wall/fencing in the vulnerable areas. 

c) Plantation of Juli Flora or similarly effective bushes in the area.\ 

d) Ensuring proper maintenance of boundary pillars in the area.

e) Interaction with local authorities for assistance in preventing encroachments in these areas.

f) Joint visits of the vulnerable locations by representatives of concerned departments along with civil authorities with a view to create adequate impression in the locality that Railways are serious in preventing encroachments in the areas. 

ii. Eviction Process

a) Identification of the existing encroachments.

b) Ensuring that all the cases under the PPE Act have been filed.

c) Estate Officers should expedite finalization of the cases pending with them.

d) Action for possession in accordance with the extant orders where eviction orders are received.

e) Mobilization of help of Civil Authorities by formal/informal requests at different levels till the required assistance is forthcoming.

f) Cases directed to the courts to be pursued for early finalization with the help of the Railway Advocates.

g) Nominating Traffic, Commercial, Engineering officials as in-charges of specified areas at medium and large sized stations to keep a watch on encroachments and report encroachments incipient or otherwise to the Engineering officials for eviction, if necessary, under PPF Act.

h) Adequate training to be given to the Estate Officers to make them well conversant with the Provisions of the PPF Act, 1971 and also various avenues available to them while dealing with the cases of encroachments. Course contents may include case histories and various relevant court judgments on the appeals against the orders of Estate Officers.

i) RPF to render all help in removal of soft encroachments as and when their assistance is sought. They should also provide assistance in co-ordination with State Police/GRP where cases have been decided by the Estate Officers.