Uttarakhand : Committee will be formed to ease the process of land acquisition and compensation, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi gave instructions

Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi directed to form a committee of Additional Secretary Justice and Additional Secretary Revenue to ease the process of land acquisition and compensation for roads. This committee will give suggestions for simplification of the process of land acquisition on roads other than national highways in 15 days. During the review of Public Works Department at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Additional Chief Secretary Raturi directed the concerned officers to seriously study the possibilities of innovative and eco-friendly measures like tree plantation to solve the problem of lack of proper land for dumping zones in the state. lamps.

Raturi directed the capacity building of municipal bodies and PWD to solve the difficulties faced by them in construction of drains or maintenance of roads due to encroachment of residential houses and shops in urban areas on the roads of PWD. Technical support discussed. A clear and concrete policy for the maintenance of the roads of the municipal bodies was also talked about for a quick decision. Along with this, he directed that regular meetings should be held at the District Magistrate level to resolve the problems arising in maintenance due to repeated cuttings for execution of work by different departments on the roads of PWD. In the meeting, the issue of lack of doubly suitable land for compensatory plantation in relation to the transfer of forest land in the state was also discussed.

Principal Secretary RK Sudhanshu, In-charge Secretary Deependra Chaudhary, Additional Secretary Vineet Kumar, Pradeep Rawat, MDDA officers were present in the meeting.