The Hindu 18.05.2017
Houses built on 30x40 sq.ft sites in urban areas to be regularised
Approval among slew of decisions taken by Cabinet; construction of 4 lakh houses to be outsourced
In a big relief to lakhs of families, the State Cabinet on Wednesday approved regularisation of houses built on 30x40 sq.ft sites in urban areas.
This is applicable to sites located within 18 km of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits and within 10 km of the Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Mangaluru, and Mysuru city corporation limits. It is also applicable to dwellings within a radius of 5 km, 10 km and 3 km of all city municipalities, town municipal councils and town panchayats, respectively.
Briefing reporters on the decisions taken at the Cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said the physically-challenged, people from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities, and ex-servicemen were eligible to regularise their sites by paying a penalty of Rs. 5,000. Those from General category will need to pay Rs. 10,000 for 30x40 sites, he said.
The State legislature had passed the Karnataka Revenue (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017 to amend section 94CC of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 for regularisation of houses built on 30x40 feet sites.
Meanwhile, the authorities have decided to outsource construction of four lakh houses to a private agency this year. This is owing to staff shortage in the Housing Department. The agency will be hired for the next three years, Mr. Jayachandra said.
The Cabinet also approved new cadre and recruitment rules for high school teachers till 2020 on merit-cum-reservation basis. Teachers will be recruited directly on the basis of marks. There will be no written test or interview.
Tenders amounting Rs. 138.69 crore were approved for developing a new campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Shivamogga. The 600-acre campus will be developed in two years, the Minister said.
Other important decisions
Recommendation to Centre to include Namasudra, Pod/Poudra and Rajbashi castes in list of Schedule Castes of Karnataka. They are migrants from Bangladesh settled in Sindhanur, Raichur district
Rs. 22.85 crore for construction of Arogya Bhavan on Magadi Road in Bengaluru
Construction of mega market in Basavana Bagewadi at Rs. 32.73 crore
Rs. 51.40 cr for construction of barrage across Tungabhadra river at Gharbhagudi, Ranebennur
