“Maharashtra is first state in the country that is providing land titles to slum dwellers with minimum conditions,” said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis while addressing a massive gathering at Jattarodi on Sunday.
Chief Minister also assured to provide land titles to slum dwellers who encroached the private land. The government is framing a policy to give fair compensation to land owners for providing land titles to slum dwellers, Fadnavis added. Around two lakh slum dwellers will be benefited from this drive.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), and Nazul department have given ownership rights to the slum dwellers of nine slums in South West Assembly segment on Sunday.
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping presided over the function. Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, MLAs Sudhakar Kohle, Krishna Khopde, Mayor Nanda Jichkar, Ruling Party leader in NMC Sandip Joshi, Standing Committee chief Virendra Kukreja, Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar, District Collector Ashwin Mudgal and Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar were present on the dais.
Further, Fadnavis said, “It is a dream of every individual to have his/her own house. The slum dwellers are living in pathetic condition over encroached government land for several years. Previous Government had given them false promises but BJP Government had fulfilled the promise made to them by providing ownership rights of their land title. Now, they have to pay minimum amount for registry of the property. The government has relaxed several conditions to give them land titles. The government has decided to give land titles to the slum dwellers till 2011.”
Also, the Government will give them Rs 2.50 lakh for improvement in the house under Prime Minister Awas Yojana. This will change their quality of life and they can enjoy the ownership of the house, Fadnavis added.
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