The Times of India 12.04.2013
Civic body to revise offer for Anandvalli housing land deal
NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to revise its offer for the Anandvalli land deal with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) which might end the year-long impasse between the two.
The civic body requires the 9,700 sq metres plot in Anandvalli to rehabilitate the slum-dwellers and people below the poverty line under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) announced by the central government in 2010.
In 2012, the NMC had started the construction work in Anandvalli when they found that the plot belonged to the MIDC. The MIDC had then demanded Rs 1.25 crore from the corporation in exchange for the land while the NMC did not want to pay more than a crore. The civic body is now planning to revise its offer to Rs 1.12 crore.
"The housing project at Anandvalli is getting delayed as due to deadlock over the price. The plot has been estimated at Rs 1.12 crore approximately. A proposal for the same will be tabled by the administration at the general body meeting (GBM) on Wednesday for its approval," said a senior NMC official.
The NMC had selected 11 locations in the city and has received approval from the central government under JnNURM to build 16,000 houses for the project. But the NMC will now construct 11,200 houses as per the availability of land. Construction work for 8,000 houses has already commenced at various locations in the city. In February, the NMC had allotted houses to the beneficiaries at their housing project in Nilgiri Bag.
"The NMC has still not approached us with the fresh proposal. We will decide on the cost only after they send us the proposal," said an MIDC official.
The civic body requires the 9,700 sq metres plot in Anandvalli to rehabilitate the slum-dwellers and people below the poverty line under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) announced by the central government in 2010.
In 2012, the NMC had started the construction work in Anandvalli when they found that the plot belonged to the MIDC. The MIDC had then demanded Rs 1.25 crore from the corporation in exchange for the land while the NMC did not want to pay more than a crore. The civic body is now planning to revise its offer to Rs 1.12 crore.
"The housing project at Anandvalli is getting delayed as due to deadlock over the price. The plot has been estimated at Rs 1.12 crore approximately. A proposal for the same will be tabled by the administration at the general body meeting (GBM) on Wednesday for its approval," said a senior NMC official.
The NMC had selected 11 locations in the city and has received approval from the central government under JnNURM to build 16,000 houses for the project. But the NMC will now construct 11,200 houses as per the availability of land. Construction work for 8,000 houses has already commenced at various locations in the city. In February, the NMC had allotted houses to the beneficiaries at their housing project in Nilgiri Bag.
"The NMC has still not approached us with the fresh proposal. We will decide on the cost only after they send us the proposal," said an MIDC official.
