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AMC alleges land-grabbing Wednesday, August 8, 2001

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
AHMEDABAD: It's a fight for right for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The bone of contention in this case is three plots of land measuring one lakh square yard in Hanspura village of Dashoi taluka.


These plots (71,72, 73) in the area are within the corporation's jurisdiction and yet are not in their control. Standing Committee Chairman Badruddin Sheikh, while demanding nothing short of a CBI investigation into the "illegal transfer" of land belonging to corporation said: "In 1976, these plots of land had been acquired by the state government for laying of gutter lines. Owners of this land, farmers of the area, approached the court and got compensation worth Rs 2.74 lakh. A decade later in 1986, AMC took control of the Sardarnagar Nagar Palika and also of the land therein. In December 1998, however, the power of attorney for these plots was handed over by the owners to a resident of Gandhinagar. The plots were then sold to Keshavlal Patel and Sarika Patel," Sheikh said.


While claiming that the plot of land had been handed over to the individuals without prior permission of the AMC or the collectorate, Sheikh has shot off a letter to the collector of Ahmedabad.


Mayor Himmatsinh Patel said: "This transaction is illegal and we wish to get AMC back its rightful control over these lands. This is not the only case of illegal land-grabbing in the city. I have suggested to the administration of the corporation that the record maintenance system of the estate department be computerised. Thereafter a cell, headed by the commissioner himself, be constituted which would prevent and penalise such instances of land-grabbing in AMC areas."

News Source : Times Of India News Service [ Lightning News ]

 

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