As its several vacant plots went missing, North MCD has ordered a search drive and vows to make all the available records online by the end of this financial year. Interestingly, in some cases records are available but plots have been encroached upon while in some other cases records are missing but plots are still there. According to a rough estimate cost of the missing land of the civic body is to the tune of thousands of crores.
“I myself knew that some of the vacant plots in my ward which are known as MCD plots do not have proper documents,” said Mohan Prasad Bhardwaj, chairman of standing committee in North MCD. He further informed that he discovered a three acre land of MCD in Narela area which costs around Rs 22 crore as per market rate. “The maintenance of records is very poor, and this is why I have directed the concerned departments to take help of councillors and RWAs to identify the vacant plots and properties of the corporation,” he added.
Bhardwaj further informed that not only vacant plots, the civic body don’t have exact records of its shops allocated to shopkeepers on rent and other properties.
“There is a clear nexus between land mafia and officers of the Corporation behind missing properties of the civic bodies. The records are deliberately destroyed by the officers and land mafia make illegal constructions on those lands,” said Bhardwaj.
He further added that they are investigating into the matter. “Our main target is to get maximum possible records and make them online,” he added. He further said that once the list is prepared, the Corporation could manage the land. “Some of the plots would be developed by the civic body on PPP mode and some will be sold out through auction to bail out Corporation from financial crisis,” he added.
“I myself knew that some of the vacant plots in my ward which are known as MCD plots do not have proper documents,” said Mohan Prasad Bhardwaj, chairman of standing committee in North MCD. He further informed that he discovered a three acre land of MCD in Narela area which costs around Rs 22 crore as per market rate. “The maintenance of records is very poor, and this is why I have directed the concerned departments to take help of councillors and RWAs to identify the vacant plots and properties of the corporation,” he added.
Bhardwaj further informed that not only vacant plots, the civic body don’t have exact records of its shops allocated to shopkeepers on rent and other properties.
“There is a clear nexus between land mafia and officers of the Corporation behind missing properties of the civic bodies. The records are deliberately destroyed by the officers and land mafia make illegal constructions on those lands,” said Bhardwaj.
He further added that they are investigating into the matter. “Our main target is to get maximum possible records and make them online,” he added. He further said that once the list is prepared, the Corporation could manage the land. “Some of the plots would be developed by the civic body on PPP mode and some will be sold out through auction to bail out Corporation from financial crisis,” he added.