The State Government is planning settlement of the landless on about 3 lakh acres of land. Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, while holding a review meeting of the Revenue and land reforms department on Saturday asked officials to prepare the proposal for the purpose.
Officials in the CS office said that the government has demarcated approximately 6.59 lakh acres of GM (gairmajarua) land in the State that had undergone irregular settlement over the period of several years. Now, it is planning to regularize some of such settlements to a limited area and rest would be cleared as GM land by the Government.
Sources revealed that land areas under 12.5 decimal would be regularized and for agricultural purposes maximum of two acres of land would be given. However, a detailed proposal is yet to be prepared by the department.
Notably, notices have been served to hundreds of people across the State for vacating their land that have been settled illegally triggering protests. It was detected that several thousand acres of land were found to be illegally transferred/settled and now the government is trying to regain them.
Meanwhile, in the meeting the CS directed all the Additional Collectors to distribute the funds against land acquisition at the earliest and raiyyats whose awards have been made ready should be paid. She asked them to distribute the funds by holding camps in various places.
Verma said that in order to complete the Union Government Projects and Ring Road Projects, compensation should be given to the raiyyats against acquired land. If they face any problem in distribution of funds, they should coordinate with Departmental officers and DCs and ensure it. She also told them to fulfill the demands of land and the districts where it has not been done should act fast so that the scheme can be completed.
During the meeting, the department officials said that out of 446 land related requisitions, 288 have been completed. It was also informed that in a large number of circles land records digitization work has been completed.
Revenue and land Reforms department Secretary K K Soan, Director Revenue and land Reforms Rajiv Ranjan and other officers were present in the meeting.