Islamabad: The residents and nature lovers have expressed their concern over the illegal occupation and encroachment of forest land in Islamabad’s Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP), news sources reported. The citizens said the issue has emerged due to lack of administrative intervention and the absence of demarcation of the park’s land.
Furthermore, residents and visitors of the area stated that, despite recent developments and measures by the cabinet and federal agencies to preserve nature by initiating an anti-encroachment drive against illegal structures built on green lands, no practical steps have been taken to preserve the forest land.
Because of the absence of demarcation of MNHP’s land, the natives of the villages located inside the park have expanded and built illegal structures, causing clearing of jungle land and the chopping down of trees that take 20 to 30 years to grow to their maximum height.
An official document revealed a similar situation. As per the document, certain parts of the Margalla Hills National Park had been unlawfully occupied near Jungle No. 1, Bhara Kahu, Mouza Manga, Salkhitar, 22 Mile, Chhatra, and Karlot.
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