Special drive to assess violations on govt land
Talking to reporters, revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the govt has power to regularise land violations after imposing a penalty on leaseholders, but this will happen on a case-by-case basis and there will be no blanket relief. He said Aug 1 will be observed as 'Revenue Day' and Aug 1 to 7 as 'Revenue Week'. He listed out steps to be undertaken during the Revenue Week and said on Aug 2, the govt will issue land titles to those residing on govt land illegally until 2011 and announce allotment of homes to beneficiaries eligible for housing under PM Awas Yojana.PTI
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