With as many as 195 forest land- transfer related matters still remaining pending in the district, the district administration, Pithoragarh, has emphasised on the need to ensure speedy disposal of such forest land-transfer related cases.
Out of the total 195 cases related to forest land-transfer, the PWD has to get cleared a maximum 181 forest land transfer related cases i.e. as many as 85 such cases in its Pithoragar division, 46 in its Didihat division, 14 in its Askot division and 36 in its Berinag division, as the officials concerned informed.
The other departments which have yet to get solved forest land transfer cases in Pithoragarh include the Prime Minister Gram Sarak Yojana (PMGSY) department with nine such cases, education and pey jal nigam with two such cases each and health department with one such case, as the officials concerned of the Pithoragarh district administration informed.
However, reviewing the forest land transfer related cases, H C Semwal, District Magistrate, Pithoragarh, has said that no forest land transfer related case should remain pending at the district level.All the officials concerned are supposed to take up these matters with the nodal officer, the State and Central Governments for speedy clearance after clearing objections, added Semwal.
At the same time, the officials concerned are also supposed to take personal interest in solving these forest land transfer related cases in speedy manner, he added.
Officials concerned of all the departments also need to work for getting speedy clearance of the forest land transfer related cases, maintained the district administration, Pithorgarh. More so, in order to get timely approval of the forest lands, the district administration informed that a review meeting would be held on 8th of every month.
Besides, the district administration, Pithoragarh has also directed the ADM, Pithoragarh, Prashant Arya, to hold review meetings at regular intervals to get the forest land related matters cleared in a speedy manner.