Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday said that the Government will talk to Tata Steel officials with regard to Jamshedpur lease. The company will be asked to take back the case in court and take permission from Mumbai board for lease renewal. Das was presiding over a meeting of Urban Development Department.
The State Government will give status of industrial town to three areas out of five areas under Tata Steel lease while two others will get status of municipal corporations. Mango, Jugsalai and non-company areas will be separate municipal corporations.
It may be noted that Mango has Mango Notified Area Committee as its local urban body while Jugsalai is under Jugsalai municipality while non-company command areas in Jamshedpur are looked after by Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee. Tata Steel subsidiary Jusco looks after civic amenities in company command areas. Corporation status will give them benefit of more funds for improving basic amenities.
Moreover, the decision on granting municipal corporation or industrial township status for Jamshedpur is pending with the Supreme Court since 2006.
Tata Steel had approached erstwhile Bihar government in 1998 for Jamshedpur’s industrial township status. In 2006, it filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court, challenging Jharkhand government’s notification and publication in its official gazette in 2005 of its intention to form a municipal corporation for Jamshedpur. The Supreme Court had directed status quo on the issue.