The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun has sent a proposal to the Urban Development department for converting land allotted by the MCD in Teachers Colony, Govindgarh into freehold land.
According to the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee vice president Suryakant Dhasmana, the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari of the MCD sent the proposal to the Urban Development principal secretary on Tuesday wherein the land plots allotted to original allottees, inheritors and occupants is proposed to be converted into freehold land with registry at uniform rates. Dhasmana said that earlier on July 9, he had talked to the State Urban Development minister Pritam Singh Panwar on this issue and had demanded that all the MCD allottees be allowed freehold registry at uniform rates. Following this the Urban Development minister had directed the MNA Harak Singh Rawat to submit a proposal to this effect. According to Dhasmana, he visited the MNA at his office on Tuesday morning to seek information about progress in the case. The MNA informed Dhasmana that the proposal sought by the cabinet minister had been submitted to the Urban Development principal secretary on Tuesday, seeking guidelines for facilitate freehold registry at uniform rates.