Type & category of encroachments in Railway & division fixation of responsibility for encroachments

 i. Type/category of encroachments in Railway 

Category                    Type of encroachments 

Category -A         Encroachments by outsiders, removal of which requires action under                                     Public Premises Eviction Act.

Category -B        Encroachments by outsiders, which do not require action under PPE 

                            Act (e.g. temporary occupation of land by hawkers, using Railway land

                            for cattle, cow dung, refuse etc.)

Category -C        Encroachment by Railways staff in the form of temporary huts etc.

Category -D        Encroachment by Railway staff who have been allotted 

                           railway accommodation, by way of additions to the structures,

                           unauthorized use of land for cultivation etc. 

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.