Cabinet has also approved freeze zone and non- freeze zone in Mussoorie Development Area while directing that MDDA will approve maps in both these areas. Besides, the forest department’s no-objection certificate (NoC) will be mandatory for lands coming under the forests. The environment ministry must be taken on board too regarding such lands. Such facility will be applicable for the domiciles of Uttarakhand only. Coverage area would be 150 square yard, the cabinet stipulated.
As regards the non- freeze zone, which is open and undeveloped, single house map will be approved for local residents of Mussoorie. The person should be domicile of revenue village and will be given permission in one time only. The village should be within the limit of 500 meter as per the revenue records. The decision was taken to facilitate the Mussoorie residents who find it difficult to make their own houses due to several restrictions.
Besides, the River Front Development (RFD) Project’s affected families will be rehabilitated if the land is registered on their names. They will be given cash against their lands or lands under land merger.
Affected families will be given houses as per the prescribed rate of PWD or will be rehabilitated in housing schemes i.e. MIG or HIG of MDDA without following lottery system.
If affected family does not take compensation against their loss they will be provided area near RFD. Those who have been staying in government lands will be given house worth Rs five lakh of which Rs 1.5 lakh will be given as grant by the Union government. The affected families will be uprooted after final allotment of the houses only, the cabinet decided.
Cabinet has also increased the remuneration of those working with Uttarakhand Technical Education Council (UTEC), Roorkee. They will get remuneration equal to those of Uttarakand Middle Education Council. Now, the chief controller would get Rs 5000 in place of Rs 900 while class IV employees would get Rs 250 in place of Rs eight and Rs 400 in place of Rs 44 only. Cabinet has also increased the remuneration of PTA to Rs 10000 per month.
Cabinet has also agreed to give hike in uniform laundry allowance. It has also asked the finance department to make uniform policy for uniform service.
Now Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) card holders will get free test facility in the government base hospital as well as in district and community health centres. Cabinet has also approved the policy of filling the outsourced posts through UPNl. The employees will be given consideration as per his experience and qualification.
To promote tourism, new project worth upto Rs 10 crore will be approved by the district magistrate and more than Rs 10 crore project will be approved by a committee led by the Chief Secretary.
Cabinet has also decided to give tourism the industry status. For this principal secretary MSME and Tourism have been told to make policy on how to give them relief as per those the industry enjoys.