Sunday, 29 September 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The assertion of the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami that the State government will bring a stringent land law during next year’s budget session of Vidhan Sabha has elicited positive response from the general public. However the activists who were consistent in the demand for a Himachal Pradesh like act in the State are still sceptical about the intent of the State government.
The convener of the Bhoo Kanoon Samanvay Samiti (BKSS) Mohit Dimri told The Pioneer that many assurances on land laws were given by the incumbent CM and former CMs but the a strict and comprehensive land law still eludes the State due to which Uttarakhand has become a haven for land sharks of other States. He said that the people of the State will believe what is being promised only when a strict law protecting the interests of domiciled residents of the State is tabled in the Vidhan Sabha. Dimri added that the State government should first put the report of the Subhash Kumar committee in the public domain. He said that the government should also seek the opinion of the people on the subject. Dimri added that the BKSS will continue its agitation for the demand for the land laws and Mool Niwas 1950.
Diwakar Gairola, an activist of land laws, said that the government should also put a limit on purchase of land by outsiders in the municipal bodies. He said that the government is expanding the existing urban local bodies and here large chunks of land are being purchased by outsiders in the State.
Senior journalist Jay Singh Rawat said that the State government should remove all the amendments in the Uttar Pradesh (Uttarakhand) zamindari abolition and land management act 1950 made in the year 2017 and thereafter. He said similarly the section 2 of the act incorporated during the tenure of chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari which allows outsiders to purchase land in the urban areas should be removed. Similarly the sub sections a and b of section 143 of the act should be restored.
