Prem Nagar residents to get legal rights on land: Naveen Joshi

DEHRADUN: Chief Minister Harish Rawat has ordered giving ownership rights to people living on the land of the Rehabilitation Department in the Prem Nagar area

Updated At : 06:05 AM Jun 15, 2016 IST

State Congree Committee general secretary Naveen Joshi said in Dehradun that legal rights on the Rehabilitation Department land would be given soon. Tribune photo: Abhyudaya Kotnala

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, June 14

Chief Minister Harish Rawat has ordered giving ownership rights to people living on the land of the Rehabilitation Department in the Prem Nagar area.

Residents would soon be able to get legal rights on their lands, said Naveen Joshi, general secretary of the State Congress Committee.

Joshi, while addressing mediapersons at the Press Club today, said despite the orders of the state government, the administration was not willing to give the land to the residents. Due to the indifferent attitude of the district administration, only 25 persons had been able to complete the formalities of land rights.

He said: “Many refugee families are living on the land of the Rehabilitation Department at Prem Nagar and the local administration is regularising their lands, but officers were harassing them for the past few years. We have talked to the Chief Minister and he has assured us of a solution.”

Manish Kumar Nagpal and Rajesh Pandey were present on the occasion.