Nanjangud: In an early morning operation on Monday, the Nanjangud Taluk Administration headed by Tahsildar Mohanakumari cleared encroachment of Government lands along Chamarajanagar By-pass Road near Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple in the town.
The land that was cleared was in front of Mahadeshwara Palace lodging and came under Survey No. 12. Even as the encroachment clearance went on, the Lodge owner Manjunath, also a former City Municipal Council (CMC) Member, came to the spot and entered into a verbal duel with the officials saying that the earlier Tahsildar had recorded that there was no encroachment in the area. Manjunath also argued that the Taluk Administration was acting under political pressure and was out to declare the land on which his lodge had come up, as an encroached piece of land.
