SHILLONG, FEB 27: Minister in-charge Revenue & Disaster Management Kyrmen Shylla while replying in the Assembly on Tuesday said 2426 people and organizations were allotted land at revenue land.
Opposition VPP legislator from Nongkrem Ardent M Basaiawmoit questioned how can people from Bangladesh sell the away the land in Rynjah provided to them during the 1971 liberation war.
Basaiawmoit also asked if there is any revenue land has been allotted to members of the august house or their relatives.
The minister said there is no information as such that revenue land is being allotted to members of the house or their relative.
Leader of opposition Ronnie V Lyngdoh sought to know whether any revenue land is being alienated due to illegal encroachment. He said the government is trying to create a land bank but if revenue land are not being encroached, government will not require to acquire land (for implementation of various projects).
In his reply, the minister said that there are some people who are trying to encroach and have gone to the court but “we stick to our stand that these lands belong to the government.”
Shylla also said that he does not have details to the question raised by VPP legislator from Mawlai Brightstarwell Marbaniang on forest lands being occupied by people not employees of the department.
TMC legislator from Nongthymmai Charles Pyngrope asserted the need for the government to revise the rate fixed for leasing of revenue lands in consonance with the fair market price as this would also improve the exchequer of the state.