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Category: ENVIRONMENT

Published: 12 September 2016

JAMMU: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh today has directed the concerned officers   to work in tandem so as to break the nexus created by land grabbers and land Mafia while ensuring stringent action against them. Deputy CM gave these directions while chairing a high level meet to discuss the modalities for early demarcation and handing over of land by revenue department to JDA here at Jammu today.

‘There is an immediate need to start anti encroachment drives for retrieval of encroached land at village Sidhra, Majeen and Rangoora  which has been occupied  illegally by private players for their vested interests’  said  Dy CM during the meeting. He said that the issue of encroachments in these areas  has remained unattended since last twenty years causing great exploitation of our land and forest  resources .

Deputy CM called for expediting the pace of work  by all the concerned departments for positive results so that  various developmental  works being executed by    JDA are   not hampered. Dr. Singh  also  directed   for swift  resolving of  all those cases where land encroachment has become a major bottleneck due to long drawn issue of land transfer  from revenue  to JDA.

Reviewing the case of land encroachment at Gole Gujral, Roop Nagar Extn. and Sidhra ,the Dr. Nirmal Singh  directed for formulation of a strategy to ensure  rapid disposal of cases. Deputy Chief Minister also directed for constituting appraisal committee which will prepare a comprehensive report regarding vacant and encroached JDA land.

He also directed the officers to speed up the process of  land  acquisition at Gole Gujral, Kot Bhalwal, Roop Nagar Extn., and Birpur for establishment of  upcoming colonies at these sites. He further directed  DC Jammu to hand over 1000Kanals at Village Deeli and 226 Kanals at Kot Bhalwal to JDA while ensuring  stringent action against  land grabbers and local miscreants.

Regarding  the issue of providing Police  contingent to JDA on a permanent basis, Dy CM  said that proposal may be put up for setting up of JDA police station with special powers  for dealing with the issue of land grabbing and land encroachment. He further directed the Revenue department, JDA and Forest Department to maintain their records in such a way that no dispute on the title of the land arises and hence derails the pace of developmental works.

Among others present in the meeting were Commissioner Secretary H&UDCO Hirdesh Kumar, Chief Conservator Forest Jammu , Deputy Commissioner Samba Sheetal Nanda, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Simrandeep Singh, Vice Chairman JDA Mubarak Singh , Commissioner JMC Manmohan Singh, MD JK Housing Board, DIG Ashkoor Wani  and SSP Jammu and Samba.