Bangalore,
May 17, 2012, DHNS:
The
State government has decided to recover civic amenity (CA) sites that
have been encroached by land sharks in the limits of all urban local
bodies (barring city corporations) in the State.
Disclosing
this to reporters, Municipal Administration Minister Balachandra
Jharkiholi said he had directed the Urban Development Department to
submit a report on encroachment of CA sites in all City Municipal
Councils, Town Municipal Councils and Town Panchayats in a month’s
time. Action will be initiated to recover them based on the report.
The department had been directed to recommend action to be taken
against officials who had colluded with land sharks in encroaching CA
sites, he added.
The
Minister said former minister Goolihatti Shekar had urged him to take
action against officials who had helped land sharks encroach CA sites
in Hosadurga taluk. The problem is not confined to Hosadurga. Land
sharks have encroached upon a large number of CA sites in urban local
bodies with the help of local officials.
Hence,
it was decided to take action across the State, he added. He said he
has directed all urban local bodies that the final approval for
action plans for taking up various developmental works under the
Chief Minister’s Nagarothana Yojane, should be taken by December
2012 and 100 per cent fund utilisation should be ensured by March
2013.
The
Yojane, which has an outlay of Rs 1,454 crore, envisages upgrading of
civic amenities in urban local bodies.
The
department was able to spend only about 35 per cent of the Rs
661-crore allocation under the Yojane in the last financial year.
This was because urban local bodies failed to prepare action plans
and get approvals.
The
approval process was cumbersome. Now, steps are being taken to
simplify it, he said. Erratic power supply was one of the reasons
for water supply problem, he added.
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