Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 23: The president Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Arun Gupta accompanied by Anil Gupta, senior vice president, Rajeev Gupta, junior vice president and Rajesh Gupta, secretary met the Chief Secretary virtually and apprised him about the issues confronting the Trade, Industry and general public.
During discussions Arun Gupta apprised the Chief Secretary that Government has failed to create enough additional colonies resulting in Mushroom growth of unapproved and unauthorized colonies and maps of plots in these colonies are approved where as this facility is denied for the plots of housing board which are already approved by the Government.
He said that the Gandhi Nagar was developed in the year 1955 and since then almost 4 generations are added and they are now separated and have individual portion on the same plot. Some persons have also sold their plots but their cases are pending for issuance of NOC and department is not issuing the NOC in these cases.
Gupta demanded that there should be no need to obtain the NOC from Housing Board or JDA in respect of the free hold property for constructions of building. He said that for the last three decades the JDA and the Housing Board have not established any commercial area or residential colony causing dearth of both commercial as well as residential area. The possibilities of same may be explored.
He also apprised the Chief Secretary that large chunk of land in Jammu have been declared as “Gair Mumkin Khud” by Revenue Department despite the fact that no water body is passing through these lands. Registration and construction activities on these lands is barred. There is the need to redefine the “Kism” of this type of land and also a Policy should be formulated to allow the commercial and construction activities on those lands.
JCCI pointed out that the Master plan of Jammu is awaiting long pending progressive reforms. Land has become very scarce and expensive. J&K has the lowest FAR of 1.8 in the country with no provision of purchase of FAR up to 2.4 which is prevalent in other States. Master plan reforms are awaiting clearance from the office of Chief Secretary.
Gupta briefed the Chief Secretary that the work on the development and beautification of River Tawi front project and creating water lake is going on very slow the same need to be expedited. Further the work on the Mubarak Mandi Heritage complex is also going on at Snail’s pace, it should be expedited besides the light and sound system be started over there at the earliest. He said Patnitop should be developed as a tourist hub by allowing the commercial activities there on the pattern of Gulmarg and Phalgam in Kashmir valley. The Tourist place of Jammu which have remained untapped till now should be developed on modern lines, which include Pirpanchal mountain range, tourist attractive places in Poonch & Rajouri districts, religiously important places of Shiv Khori, Sudhmahadev, Mata Vaishno Devi and tourists attractive places like Patnitop, Sanasar, Dudu, Surinsar and Mansar.
He also requested to announce power amnesty scheme for commercial consumers (Traders & Industrialists) on the pattern of domestic power amnesty scheme.
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