Chandigarh, October 6 - In a proactive move ahead of the festive season, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today made a significant announcement aimed at advancing institutional urban development in the state.
Addressing a press conference held here today, Sh. Manohar Lal announced the regularisation of an additional 303 colonies across 14 districts with immediate effect, accompanied by an allocation of Rs 3000 crore for comprehensive infrastructure development within these colonies.
These colonies comprise 193 under 39 municipalities and 110 governed by the Town and Country Planning Department. This groundbreaking decision is poised to mark a milestone in the realm of urban development, said the Chief Minister.
Sh. Manohar Lal further disclosed that 2,90,540 properties are built in these colonies. This regularisation move is expected to bring relief and development to a population of over 10 lakh residents within these areas, he said.
He said that special attention is being given to sewer lines, water supply, roads, street lights, parks and other development works in a total of 404 such regularised colonies in urban areas. These notified colonies, which are being regularised, are situated on a total of 5000 acres of land. In these, the government will spend Rs 60 lakh per acre on creating civic facilities and other development works. This will improve the standard of living of the people living here.
The Chief Minister informed that the government had sought information about such irregular colonies on the portal, out of which 1507 colonies are still remaining to be regularized. Of these, 936 are from urban local bodies and 571 are in controlled areas. It is our resolve that these colonies will also be regularised by January 31, 2024, said Sh. Manohar Lal.
In this regard, a team constituted at the district level under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner and the District Municipal Commissioner will monitor the progress of the notification, said the Chief Minister.
He said that special monitoring would be done so as to stop the mushrooming of unauthorized colonies in the state. Strict provisions have been made for this. In the colonies which were regularised earlier, 800 pockets were left out of regularisation. Now they will also be regularised by January 31, 2024, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.
The Chief Minister said that the irregular colonies did not have a Resident Welfare Association (RWA), hence the government has decided that 5 people from that colony could apply for regularization of the colony. Once the colony is regularized and the government will get that RWA registered. Therefore the residents of the colonies are urged to form Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) to collect development fees and coordinate with the government agencies for execution of development works in their colonies, said Sh. Manohar Lal.
A total of 1438 colonies have been regularised since 2014
Sh. Manohar Lal while highlighting a significant difference in the regularisation of unauthorised colonies between the Congress government's 10-year tenure and the present state government’s tenure said since 2014 a total of 1438 colonies have been successfully regularised, while the Congress government regularised only 874 colonies.
He further shared that in order to enhance convenience for citizens; the present state government has also made key amendments in the norms for regularisation. Specifically, colonies with wider access roads measuring 6 metres or more and internal roads that are 3 metres or wider have now been regularised, he informed.
Colonies outside the municipality area are also regularised
The Chief Minister said that there are some colonies which are built outside the municipality and municipal corporation area.
“The people living in these are deprived of basic facilities. We understood their plight and for the first time, such colonies have also been regularised. For this, a committee has been formed under the chairmanship of the Additional Chief Secretary, Town and Country Planning Department,” shared Sh. Manohar Lal.
He further shared that on the recommendation of this committee, such colonies have been regularised. To regularise the colonies outside the municipal area, the Member Secretary (Convener) of the concerned district can send the application with his recommendation to the District Planner. The district-level scrutiny committee will give its decision on these applications, shared the Chief Minister.
Commercial activities will also get recognition
The Chief Minister said that the government has also decided to regularise commercial activities in such residential colonies to promote business activities. Residential colonies where the commercial area is already developed by 4 percent or more or allotted or registered for commercial activities will also be regularised with additional fees. However, this will not include malls, multiplexes, hotels and banquet halls.
Relief in development fee
The Chief Minister said that in a bid to give major relief to the citizens from paying the lump sum development fee, the government will link the payment of the development fee with the building map, approval for sale or purchase etc.
The old sale deed approved
Sh. Manohar Lal said that the sale and purchase of sale deeds in unauthorised colonies were banned. However, the government has given concession in this and has recognized the sale deed before July 1, 2022. Those who had registered their sale deed or agreement to sell will be considered to have sold the said properties.
2 lakh people applied under Mukhyamantri Shehri Awas Yojana
Sh. Manohar Lal shared that the present state Government has formulated Mukhyamantri Shehri Awas Yojana with the aim of providing a roof over the heads of the economically weaker section of the state. Under this scheme, one lakh houses or plots will be given to eligible families. Under this, applications are being sent to poor families whose annual income is less than Rs 1.80 lakh and who do not have a house. So far 2 lakh people have applied.
He further shared that the price of the plot measuring 1 marla is fixed at Rs 1 lakh, while the price of a flat measuring 450 sq ft will range between Rs 6 to 8 lakh depending on the city.
The Chief Minister said that applicants desiring to buy these plots and flats will get loan facilities from banks, mostly for 20 years. The final policy will be uploaded on the portal by next month.
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