Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain today said over 206 hectares of Northern Railway's land is under encroachment. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Mr Gohain said total 206.37 hectares of land is under encroachment in Northern Railway including Jammu and Kashmir as on March this year. <br/><br/>He said most of the encroachments on railway land are in the approaches of stations in metros and big cities in the form of slums. The minister said, <br/>for these encroachments, railways carry out regular surveys and take action for their removal.