The gair majurua (GM) land in Ranchi will now be demarcated for use under RMC projects. Mayor Asha lakra issued this instruction after an inspection visit on Tuesday to ward number three, seven and eleven, following suspicions expressed by ward councillors over the vacant GM plots being usurped by land mafia. Town Commissioner Prashant Kumar, Town Planners Ghanshyam Agarwal and Gajanand Ram, Ward Councillors Sujata Kachhap, Kulbhusan Dungdung, Basanti lakra and other RMC officials accompanied the Mayor during this morning visit.
“There are many GM land plots under the ownership of Ranchi Municipal Corporation in various maujas across the city. But as they remained unmarked there was always an issue of these plots being sold by those who have no claim over these plots. Similar worries were expressed by the ward councillors too. So we will now measure these GM plots and put up signs announcing RMC’s ownership over them,” said the Mayor.
“We often have to cope with scarcity of land while implementing projects like rehabilitating the displaced or building infrastructure. These plots, after measured will be used in such projects in the future,” she further added.
“The ward councillors were apprehensive of unwarranted encroachment over GM lands. But the plots were found to be clear when the documents were checked; no one has laid any claim over these plots,” assured Town Planner Ghanshyam Agarwal.
lakra instructed that the government land in Anand Vihar of ward number 7, where the complaints in this issue originally came from, to be tallied with original maps and khatiyaan. Out of this, two acres of land is to be used for erecting recreational parks and other government works. Mayor ordered the GM lands around lowadih in ward number 11 to be marked.
The ward councillors have been instructed in the past to prepare a list of GM land plots in areas under their jurisdiction.
The RMC engineers in the team were instructed to assess the newly constructed apartments in ward number 3 for any violation of building bylaws. Objections were registered with RMC that the buildings were without proper drainage system and the water from the drains was flowing in the streets.
“We are still modifying the building bylaws, so there are still not any definite ways for enforcing them. But any violation of the existing rules is taken care of promptly,” said Agarwal.