Encroachment of Utkal Varsity land alleged

Bhubaneswar: (visakeo)-Citizens' Apex Association (CAA) alleged that at least 25 per cent 400 acres of valuable land allotted to Utkal University was under illegal occupation of influential encroachers. Neither Utkal University authorities nor General Administration (GA) had any idea as to how much land of university had fallen into private concerns, CAA said in a statement. The citizens' forum had sought details of land under Right to Information. However, the answer was furnished to the organisation was that, "a portion of the land is being used by University; a portion of the land is lying vacant for future use and portion of the land is under encroachment. "In a further query, the GA admitted that the information was not available with it. The CAA sought intervention of Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare for reclaiming the encroached land.