Illegal construction on the radar of anti land mafia establishment
Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath (Yogi Adityanath) government is showing strictness about illegal construction in Uttar Pradesh and is now going to run bulldozers on encroachments made on any government land including public land, parks, ponds, puddles in urban bodies.
On behalf of the government, all the urban bodies have been instructed to take action by identifying such illegal constructions and encroachments. Along with taking action as per the rules, it has been asked to ensure that its information is also given on the Anti Land Mafia Portal (IGRS Portal).
It is notable that the state government has already taken strict steps regarding illegal construction in the state. Especially land worth thousands of crores has been freed from the clutches of the land mafia. In this sequence, it has now been decided to free the government land from illegal construction by running this campaign in the urban body.
Information to be entered on the portal
In the order issued by the state government, it has been said that every urban body is expected to mark such public lands, parks, ponds, puddles etc. in its body which are being encroached by the land mafia or anyone. All such government property should be freed from encroachment. While taking necessary action against the illegal occupants as per the rules, ensure that they are registered on the IGRS Portal (Anti Land Mafia Portal) with the help of the Revenue Department.
It has been said that it will be the responsibility of every urban body to provide information related to its body to the Director, Directorate of Local Bodies. And the Director, Directorate of Local Bodies will make this information available to the government.
Anti land mafia campaign going on in the state since 2017
It may be known that in order to remove encroachment from public land and to take effective action against illegal encroachers, the Revenue Department is running an anti-land mafia campaign. This campaign was started from 2017. A four-level task force has also been constituted to review the anti-land mafia campaign. It is reviewed at the state, divisional, district and tehsil levels. Chief Secretary Daya Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the State Level Anti Land Mafia Task Force, while Principal Secretary Urban Development Department along with other departments are members of this State Level Anti Land Mafia Task Force.
From time to time, review meetings of the State Level Anti Land Mafia Task Force are held by the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, Revenue Department. In the review meeting of the recently concluded State Level Anti Land Mafia Task Force, it was found that the information about illegal encroachments and illegal occupants on public land in urban bodies is negligible on the Anti Land Mafia portal. This step has been taken by the state government in view of the possibility of holding a review meeting of the state-level anti-land mafia task force at a higher level in future.
