In the wake of the massive encroachment of Government lands, the State Government is seriously contemplating to bring a land Grabbing Prohibition Act soon.
“The State will bring land Grabbing Prohibition Act shortly to safeguard the Government land as well as to avoid the unnecessary land disputes of the common people,” Revenue & Disaster Management Minister Bijayshree Routray told mediapersons here.
The Minister further stated that the Government is very much aware of the Odisha Prevention of land Encroachment Act and scheduled to take stringent action against the encroachers.
“If requires, the Act may be amended. Besides, this Government has come forward to settle 4 decimal of land in the name of the landless people all over the State for the betterment of the common people,” added Routray.
Mentioning Monday’s incident at his Secretariat chamber where allegation was leveled against him that he misbehaved with mediapersons, the Minister alleged that some land grabbers and mafias might have using some selected media persons for this type of unethical practices.