The forest land of the Madhya Pradesh state would be freed from encroachments soon. This would add to the beauty of the state forests. The state government has forwarded a proposal in this regard to the government of India. The state government has demanded Rs 1000 crore from the government of India for re-settlement of thousands of post 1980 encroachers, who had encroached the forest land measuring around 1 lakh hectares.