The Times of India 24.05.2013
Civic body to allot land to community for burial ground
NASHIK: The standing committee of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday gave its approval to allot land for a burial ground in Dasak to the Veershaiv Lingayat community.
The civic administration had earlier sent a proposal to the standing committee to allot 867 sq metres of the total 1.26 hectares of land in survey no. 1 in Dasak area, in the jurisdiction of the civic body, to the Veershaiv Lingayat community for a burial ground.
There are a large number of people from the Virshaiv Lingayat community in Jail Road area who have been demanding for a burial ground. During the general body meeting (GBM) of the NMC held on December 1, 1998, the standing committee had, as per resolution no. 1077, asked the municipal commissioner to submit a report on the availability of land in survey no. 5 in Dasak area of the city. However, there was no land available in the area. The GBM on July 30, 2012 finally gave its approval to give land in survey no. 1 along Godavari river in Dasak for the burial ground.
The civic administration will soon sign an agreement with the community, according to which, the community will have no right on the property but will use the said land as burial ground. The money spent by the community on the land will be part of NMC's assets. The community will not use the land for professional purposes and the land will be non-transferable. Any encroachment coming up on the land will be the responsibility of the community.
The Virshaiv Lingayat community will have to develop the said land for civilians within a year from the date of agreement. The civic body will have the right to take back the land if the community does not develop the said land within a year or the land developed by the community is found unsatisfactory. In that case, the community will have no right to demand compensation for the expenses it undertook on the land. It will be mandatory for the community to use the land as a burial ground only.
