Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 10: Twenty two unauthorised colonies are being regularised following recommendations by sub-committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Commissioner Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department.
The information was given by Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Nawang Rigzin Jora while replying to a question by Devinder Singh Rana in Legislative Council here today.
The Minister further said the Committee was constituted in 2012 to examine the issues relating to the regularisation of un authorised colonies under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary.
He said to facilitate the Committee, a sub-committee under the chairmanship of Commissioner Secretary Housing Urban Development Department was constituted and details, including survey list of 22 proposed colonies, were submitted.
Mr Jora further said that some legislators had reservations in respect of leftover areas of these colonies, both at Jammu and Srinagar and it was decided that the survey of leftover areas be also conducted by Srinagar Development Authority and Jammu Dvelopment Authority and Municipal Corporations of Jammu and Srinagar in consultation with the legislators.
Raising a supplementary to his question, Mr Rana wanted to know when Khanpur Basti and Sher-e-Kashmir Colony, which were established in 1977, in Nagrota Assembly constituency, would be regularized.
Mr Jora assured Mr Rana that these two colonies would be regularized in the next three to four months.
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