Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Sep 24: A dramatic situation unfolded at Manjanakatte in Bajpe on Wednesday when a landowner erected a barbed-wire fence across a state highway, alleging that public works department (PWD) officials failed to comply with a court order directing them to resolve an encroachment issue.

The incident relates to a parcel of land belonging to Cecilia, a resident of Manjanakatte currently residing abroad. In 2008, the PWD allegedly constructed a public road through her private land without her knowledge, consent, or compensation.

In 2014, Cecilia approached the court against the PWD, the tahsildar, and the revenue department. After hearing the case, the court, in 2017, ordered that the authorities either provide her alternative land equivalent to

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