Expedite collecting dues, allocating land under CM scheme: Panchkula minister

Panchkula, July 5

Urban Local Bodies Minister Subhash Sudha directed officials of local bodies to expedite the payment of dues and the allocation of land under the Chief Minister Urban Body Ownership Scheme today. He held a review meeting with officials of the Urban Local Bodies Department in the city.

He said the department was receiving complaints about the non-performance of officials during visits to respective cities. He was joined by UBL Secretary Vikas Gupta and ULB Director Yash Pal Yadav.

Sudha said the department has opened the online portal for applications received under the Chief Minister Urban Body Ownership Scheme, an initiative granting ownership rights to shopkeepers occupying local body land. He said, “The eligible individuals should be asked to deposit the requisite money and be allocated the land.”

He said the state had received a total of 5,872 applications under the same umbrella, of which 5,033 applicants have already deposited their payments.

He said about 48.08 lakh property IDs have been made in the state. “Of these, self-certified reports have been prepared for only 12.13 lakh,” he said. He also directed officials concerned to expedite the work.

He said the department has received data for the inclusion of 2,223 irregular colonies from different cities as regular colonies. He said, “So far, 741 colonies have been selected for regularisation.” He directed officials concerned to expedite and complete the departmental process for the regularisation of the remaining colonies.

The minister also questioned officials about the delay in the tendering process for door-to-door collection of garbage waste.