Tribune News Service

Dehradun, June 1

In a major victory for a defence family in Dehradun, Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (UUSDIP) has asked the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) authorities to provide all ownership details of land at Kargi Grant allotted to it so that the original owner’s plea for giving him a way to his remaining land after acquisition can be considered.Resident of Doon, Inderjeet Sharma, whose son is serving in the Army, owns the land at Kargi Grant on the Shimla bypass. Inderjeet is seeking a way to his land part of which was earlier acquired by the MC authorities for an ADB project. Inderjeet had approached the authorities for a relief and sought a way to his land through the acquired land.After much correspondence with the authorities, Uttarkhand Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (UUSDIP) Additional Programme Director Jharna Kampthan in her letter (May) had asked the DMC to provide ownership details of land in question to them. She had directed the MC to provide UUSDIP details about land in question and ownership status of Inderjeet Sharma on this land. “After the ownership gets cleared, Inderjeet Sharma’s plea for way to his land can be considered,” Jharna Kampthan held.Earlier, then Dehradun District Magistrate Ravinath Raman in his letter (March 10) informed Secretary, Urban Development, DS Garbyal that the land in question at Kargi Grant was acquired by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation and was subsequently given to Uttarkhand Urban Sector Development Investment Programme and the latter has also started construction work. Further, it is the Dehradun Municipal Corporation that has to decide on providing compensation or land elsewhere against the land in question to the original allottee or providing way to his now left-out land after acquisition.Earlier, DS Garbyal, Secretary, Urban Development, had in his letter dated Feb 27, 2017 directed the then Dehradun District Magistrate Ravinath Raman to take up the matter.