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474 acres of government land encroached in BMC jurisdiction

Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:03 administrator
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The Hindu                       20.02.2013

474 acres of government land encroached in BMC jurisdiction

Staff Reporter 

Government land worth hundreds of crores has been encroached by unscrupulous elements in Bhubaneswar town.

As per the written reply furnished by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the State Assembly, 474 acres of government land are documented to be under encroachment in the jurisdiction of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). As many as 10579 encroachment cases have been filed in 53 localities in the BMC area, Mr. Patnaik informed.

There are over 5000 encroachers of government land patches in Jaydev Vihar, where land prices have steeply increased and gone beyond the reach of common people. As per the estimate, 148.069 acres of precious land is under occupation of private persons.

Encroachment of such a vast patch of government land is attributed to presence of capital city’s largest slum – Salia Sahi – in the locality.

Nearby Chandrasekharpur – a posh locality - records high concentration of encroachment. About 33 acres of land in the Chandrasekharpur area have been encroached. Government lands in localities such as Gadakan, Patia, Baramunda and Pokhariput have been grabbed.

Incidentally, localities where land prices are very high have witnessed more number of encroachments than that of villages on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:07
 

Encroachments cleared in ward number 35

Saturday, 16 February 2013 10:50 administrator
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The Times of India                     16.02.2013

Encroachments cleared in ward number 35

INDORE: Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) on Friday removed around 40 encroachments in ward number 35 to widen the road from Maruti Nagar Crossing to Heera Nagar. IMC is going to construct 60 feet wide road in the locality to ease traffic movement and avoid chances of accidents.

Mayor-in-Council (MiC) member and corporator of ward number 35, Chandu Shinde said encroachment was removed with the co-operation of residents. Around 40 houses or portion of the houses were demolished to pave the way for 60 ft road. IMC officials said people had encroached around eight feet to 20 feet on the road and some of the houses were entirely coming on the way of road. IMC had send notices to these houses few days back, following which removal work was carried out.

After the construction of road, residents of the area will not have to travel through Bapat Crossing. It will not only save time but also reduce the chances of accidents.
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2013 10:52
 

Over 75,000 regularisation applications rejected

Friday, 15 February 2013 11:22 administrator
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The Times of India                    15.02.2013

Over 75,000 regularisation applications rejected

HYDERABAD: Over 75,000 applications pertaining to regularisation of encroached government land have been rejected by the Rangareddy district administration as applicants failed to submit proper proof (establish that they have been in possession of the land before 2003) and some even produced fake documents.

Since these applications were rejected, the district administration has powers to declare them as land grabbers and reclaim government land at any time. However, the district revenue officials have been waiting for the government instruction on rejected applications. Sources said the revenue department held a review meeting on the regularisation scheme recently and orders are likely to be issued on the fate of rejected applications by February-end.

The state government had issued GO 166 in 2008 to regularise encroached government land and the scheme concluded in September the same year. It was decided to regularise the encroached land by collecting penal amount in cases where the land was occupied prior to 2003.

As many as 90,677 people applied for regularisation in the district. Of them 72,985 applicants were from surrounding mandals like Serilingampally, Uppal, Balanagar, Hayathnagar, Qutubullapur, Saroornagar, Rajendrangar and Keesara mandals in Greater Hyderabad and another 17,692 applications were from the RR district rural areas like Vikarabad and Tandur. The RR district administration received the highest number of applications, 23,900 from Qutubullapur, 18,000 from Serilingampally and 11,000 from Balanagar mandals.

Officials said as per the instructions land regularisation up to 80 square yards was done without collecting any penal amount, while for plots between 81 sq yards and 2,000 sq yards were cleared by collecting penal amount.

A district-level committee headed by the collector clears the applications for land up to 250 sq yds, chief commissioner of land administration (CCLA) disposes of the applications for land between 251 sq yards and 500 sq yards. Above 500 sq yards and up to 2,000 sq yards cases would be cleared by the state government.

Of all the cases, so far 7,336 cases (covering 155 acres) were regularised and 75,549 applications were rejected. Another 4,205 cases were kept in abeyance due to court cases. The CCLA had approved 994 cases of 1,012 submitted and 351 cases were sent to the state government.

Official sources said field verification by the revenue staff revealed that many people occupied land after 2003 and in some cases after the GO 166 was issued. Some people even sold residential certificates for Rs 10,000 which was found to be fabricated.

When contacted, RR district district revenue officer K Ramulu said the district administration has cleared applications pending with the district committee. Some cases have to be cleared by the state government. "So far, the regularisation scheme fetched about Rs 17 crore and we are expecting another Rs 32 crore from eligible applications," he added.
Last Updated on Friday, 15 February 2013 11:38
 
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