370 Hectares of National Lands Reclaimed in Mazandaran

Mazandaran's Chief Justice, stressing the need to intensify oversight and legally confront encroachers on natural areas, announced that 370 hectares of national land had been reclaimed this year.

Chief Justice of Mazandaran, emphasizing the need to intensify monitoring and legal action against encroachers to natural areas, announced the removal of the occupation of 370 hectares of national lands this year.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan from Mazandaran, Abbas Pouriani, emphasizing the necessity of intensifying supervision and legal action against encroachers to natural areas, announced the removal of the seizure of 370 hectares of national lands that had been given to individuals and demanded serious follow-up of violations related to forests, natural resources and beaches of the province.

Emphasizing the necessity of protecting the forests, natural resources and national areas of the province, he said: the responsible agencies must seriously follow their legal duties in the field of preventing the seizure of national lands and violations related to the coasts.

Referring to the presence of about 485 kilometers of coastal strip, Mazandaran Chief Justice added: Cases such as beach encroachment and encroachment on coastal lands should be given special attention to the responsible agencies and reports related to these violations should be followed up quickly.

The Chief Justice of Mazandaran emphasized the role of executive and supervisory bodies in preventing violations and stressed: along with their legal duties, if they see or receive a report about the occupation of national lands and related violations, they should reflect the matter to the prosecutor of the relevant jurisdiction so that necessary legal measures can be taken to deal with the violators.

Pouriani also pointed to the implementation plans in the field of reclaiming national lands and stated: According to the statistics presented in the first six months of this year, around 370 hectares of national lands that were previously seized by individuals were removed.