Sunday, 09 July 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Strict law essential to check activities of land mafia, says Bhatt
The Bharatiya Janata Party has welcomed the decision taken by the State cabinet to pave the way for a strict law to check the activities of the land mafia in the State. The BJP State president Mahendra Bhatt also thanked the State government under chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for the cabinet decisions regarding three free cooking gas cylinders for the poor, encouraging natural farming and other public welfare decisions taken in its meeting on Friday.
Reacting to the decisions taken by the cabinet on Saturday, the BJP State president opined that along with all round development, the BJP government is taking decisions based on the welfare of women, youths and all sections of society. Encroachment on land has become a serious problem. Considering this, the decision to enact a law with provision for up to 10 years imprisonment for those convicted of encroachment on government and private land will create fear in those involved in such activities. Bhatt also thanked the chief minister for the decision on continuing the Antyodaya free gas cylinder refill scheme for one more year. He said that this scheme which provides financial assistance to women and rids them of smoke in the kitchen has made the lives of the poor easier. The government’s decision to continue this scheme in the future will help the families in need to strengthen their self reliance, said Bhatt. Similarly, the cabinet’s decision to approve the scheme for encouraging natural farming will bring about positive changes in the small farmers of the State, especially in the mountainous regions. The BJP State president further said that all the 33 decisions taken in the cabinet meeting including relaxation approved for small hospitals, approval to fill dying cadre posts in school education department, amendment in rules for safety of working women, encouraging private investment in tourism and setting phased targets for the investors summit will prove helpful in developing Uttarakhand into a model state by 2025.
