Pakistan Railways has so far retrieved around 538 acres precious land worth billions of rupees from illegal occupants under its anti-encroachment operation across the country.

Ministry of Railways spokesman told APP the encroachment operation has been launched with the assistance of railway police and district administrations.

He said the government is taking several steps to retrieve encroached land from the land grabbers besides conducting a detailed survey to identify the encroached land for its retrieval.

Source: Radio Pakistan