Ghaziabad civic body to geo-tag all its properties to prevent encroachment
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad municipal corporation (GMC) has decided to geo-tag all its properties to prevent encroachments, officials said on Thursday. The development comes after a committee of officials identified nine persons, who allegedly encroached upon and sold land meant for the first political training institute in Uttar Pradesh, to people from the economically weaker section.
The institute was proposed to be developed on corporation land -- over an area of nearly 3.03 hectares -- adjacent to the
Raj Nagar Extension road. Out of the total 3.03 hectares, 1.37 hectares was encroached on and houses were constructed there. A proposal for the institute, with an estimated cost of ₹168 crore, was cleared by the Uttar Pradesh state cabinet in October 2018.
In October 2020, the GMC got the encroachment--nearly 14 houses constructed on the land meant for the proposed institute-removed. Overall, GMC officials said, 101 people constructed houses in a locality -- Shanti Nagar -- on government land. Later, a committee was constituted and it was found that nine persons had grabbed the government land worth ₹3.51 crore and later sold it. The inquiry committee also accessed sale deeds and other documents, which were provided to them by the house occupants.“we have initiated proceedings to debar the illegal occupants from the government land. The cost of the land will be recovered from the properties of identified people who sold the government land. We have initiated proceedings to lodge an FIR, and will recommend action under the Gangster Act,” said MS Tanwar, commissioner of GMC. The suspects were identified as Om Tyagi, Indu Tyagi, Suraj Paswan, Rajnish Chaudhary, Brijesh Tyagi, Babita Tyagi, Mahesh Sharma, Ajit Singh and late Inder Pal. “We will introduce the geo-tagging system soon to protect government lands from encroachment. In the past one year, we have freed nearly 57 hectares of government land, the value of which is around ₹1,700 crore,” Tanwar added.
IN THE PAST ONE YEAR, GMC FREED 57 HECTARES OF GOVERNMENT LAND AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, THE VALUE OF WHICH IS AROUND ₹1,700 CR, SAID OFFICIALS