In a major relief to the families, who are homeless, have less income or are having their land washed out in floods, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet which met on Saturday approved allotment of 3 biswas of land in rural and 2 biswas of land in urban areas of the state, to the houseless persons or families.
The cabinet meet held on Saturday was preponed by chief minister ahead of his Delhi visit on January 7.
In the decision, the land will be allotted out of the surplus land available in the districts under various schemes and the land available in the government pool will be allotted only by the deputy commissioners under the scheme.
All such families, whose annual income is up to `50,000 and who are houseless or those families whose entire land has been washed away in floods and have no suitable land for construction of residential house, shall be eligible for allotment of three biswas of land in rural areas and two biswas land in urban areas, even if these families are not included in the BPl families list.
In another important decision, the cabinet decided to maintain the status quo on construction activities in 17 green pockets in Shimla planning area. It decided to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of urban development minister with principle secretary, revenue and secretary, urban development as its members to examine the anomalies in the demarcation of the green pockets. This committee will submit its report in a month time.
The much awaited project of UPA government in the state, the state cabinet granted approval for lease of university land for setting up of Spices Park at KVK Bara, Hamirpur. The approval was also accorded to allot 4.40 MW Tindi small hydroelectric project in favour of M/S l&T Development Power ltd. for meeting the construction power requirements of Reoli Dugli (420MW) HEP.