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JAMMU: Authorities have retrieved 130.5 hectares from illegal occupation in Jammu and Rajouri districts, days after Jammu and Kashmir governor N N Vohra expressed concern over the encroachment of over 90,000 hectares of state land and directed for effective measures to deal with the problem, an official spokesman said on Monday. While 1590 kanals (79.5 hectares) was retrieved in Akhnoor sub-division of Jammu district , another major chunk of 1020 kanals (51 hectares) of encroached land of Animal Husbandry department was recovered in Rajouri district over the past two days, the spokesman said.Last week, Vohra directed all district collectors to immediately carry out a comprehensive mapping of all encroachments relating to state, forest and panchayat lands, water bodies, highways and public roads in their respective jurisdictions and forward the same through the divisional commissioners of Kashmir and Jammu by July 31.Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNP) welcomed the initiative..