Chandigarh – Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said that, to provide better living conditions for citizens, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) will develop Sector-14-16, 22 in the Kot Billa Urban Complex in Panchkula and Sector-23 in Pinjore-Kalka as pilot projects in the first phase.
The Chief Minister was responding to questions raised by the opposition during the discussion on the Governor’s Address during the budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Thursday.
Sh. Nayab Singh Saini sarcastically remarked that it is a good thing the opposition has now remembered the HSVP. This is the same authority whose foundation was undermined by the Congress government. At that time, farmers were forced to sell their land at 'throwaway prices' by creating fear of land acquisition. This land was supposed to be developed into sectors by the HSVP, but the authority's operations stopped, and it faced losses, shared the Chief Minister.
He further shared that the state government has worked to bring the HSVP out of its losses. It is now acquiring land for urban development in 41 sectors. This land acquisition will be done through the e-bhoomi portal or the land pooling policy, said Sh. Nayab Singh Saini.
The Chief Minister said that during Congress rule, there was no roadmap for developing colonies, and anyone could cut colonies anywhere, leading to the continuous development of illegal colonies. In contrast, the present state government has maintained full control over illegal colonies, said Sh. Nayab Singh Saini.
He said that the government has also regularized those colonies that were developed during the previous government. During the 10 years of Congress rule, 874 colonies were regularized, and thousands of colonies were spread. The present state government has also regularized those 2, 147 colonies, said the Chief Minister.
Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said that the government is taking necessary action against illegal colonies on a regular basis. This includes demolishing illegal colonies and taking action against violators. Since January 2015, 6, 904 such colonies have been identified, and 3, 937 colonies covering 26, 650 acres of land have been demolished. Besides this, action is being taken against 1, 879 violators, shared the Chief Minister.
Regarding the opposition's issue raised in the house about the reduction in the number of SC wards in urban local bodies, the Chief Minister informed the House that the reservation of seats/wards for Scheduled Castes in municipal elections is done according to Section 11(1) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994.
The Chief Minister said the reservation is based on the ratio of the Scheduled Caste population in the respective municipal corporation, using the latest census data to calculate the total population and the Scheduled Caste population of the concerned municipal corporation.
Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said that this system is in accordance with Articles 243T and 243P(G) of the Constitution of India. The reservation of seats/wards for Scheduled Castes in all civic bodies polls in the state has been done accordingly, and there has been no reduction in the reservation of SC wards, he said.