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Shimla, Dharamsala to get escalators
Lalit Mohan/TNS
Dharamsala, January 7
The Department of Urban Development will adopt the private public partnership mode to develop satellite townships in the state. This was stated by Minister for Urban Development Sudhir Sharma while talking to The Tribune here today.
Till date the private investment in the development of townships in the state has been very little or limited to the unorganised sector. All the major colonies in the state have been developed by HIMUDA. The private sector has not been able to enter the housing sector in Himachal in a major way due to Section 118 of the Land Tenancy Act under which agriculture land can be diverted for other purposes only with the permission of the state government.
The previous BJP government under attack for allowing the sale of agriculture land in the state to outsiders repealed the Apartments Act under which the builders registered with HIMUDA brought up multi-storey buildings primarily in Solan and Shimla districts and sold apartments to people. The present government would once again have to bring in the Apartments Act to allow private investment in housing sector in the state.
Sudhir Sharma said, ?The previous government had invited applications from thousands of people in the name of developing satellite townships across the state. However, they failed to find land for the townships. We will try to identify barren pieces of land around the towns for developing the townships promised by the previous government so that people who have deposited money with HIMUDA do not feel cheated. The help of private sector can also be sought for developing the satellite townships to expedite the process and provide affordable houses in planned colonies to residents of the state.
He said during his recent visit to Delhi, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh met the Union Minister for Urban Development. ?He has explored the possibility of installing escalators in Shimla and Dharamsala cities of the state. At Shimla we are contemplating installing escalators near the lift where the suitable place for the project was still being identified in Dharamsala. There are certain Central government schemes under which escalators can be installed and handed over to local bodies for further maintenance,? he said.
Sudhir Sharma also said, ?Most of the municipal councils have little budget of their own. Most of the resources of the municipal councils go into the payment of salaries of employees. We will try to develop projects of municipal councils that are self- sustaining.? ?The previous government also did not take benefit of schemes of the Union Government for Urban Development.
An amount of Rs 10 crore was sanctioned by the Union Government for developing 300 free houses for urban poor in Dharamsala. However, the previous state government failed to utilise the amount. Now we shall provide land for the scheme for the utilisation of funds,? Sudhir said.
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