LAHORE, June 26: The Pakistan Railways got 48 acres and two kanals of commercial and residential land vacated from grabbers on Wednesday.

The market value of the recovered land in the Rawalpindi, Multan, Peshawar, Lahore and Sukkur divisions had been estimated at over Rs216 million, said a spokesman.

Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique had on June 15 ordered a comprehensive survey of encroachments on railway land in general and along the track in particular as well as removal of all illegal structures from there.

Meanwhile, PR Police Inspector General Syed Ibne Husain on Wednesday presided over a meeting held to review progress of the ongoing operation against encroachments on railway land.

He directed all SPs to monitor the performance of station house officers.