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No irregularities in land allotment: MCD

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"Possession of plots only after proper verification"

NEW DELHI: Senior functionaries of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's deliberative wing on Monday claimed that there were no irregularities in the allotment of land at the upcoming Ghogha dairy farm at Narela in North-West Delhi. Even a High Court monitoring committee that is overlooking the ambitious project has not found any foul play in the process, they added.

"It is baseless to say that the allotment of plots is being done to fake people and embezzlement of crores of rupees is involved. The Justice L. C. Jain-headed monitoring committee is submitting its status report on a monthly basis and has so far not found anything wrong in the allotment process," said MCD Standing Committee Chairman J. K. Sharma at a press conference.Stating that applicants are only being issued allotment letters and possession of plots will be given only after their proper verification, Mr. Sharma said the demand by some Councillors to order a vigilance enquiry into the entire issue could not be met as the High Court was directly monitoring the entire project. Hence doing so would be contempt of court, he added.

According to the Leader of the House, Jitender Kochar, he had recently written to Mr. Justice Jain asking about the progress of the project where 4,000 plots are to be allotted to dairy owners to rid the city of the stray cattle menace. "Justice Jain has stated that a monthly status report is being prepared in consultation with the heads of MCD, New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi Development Authority and Delhi police and submitted in the High Court. The work is going on at the project site under his supervision," Mr. Kochar added.

Similarly, MCD Standing Committee Member Brijmohan Sharma said during verification process if anyone was found to have allied fraudulently, his application would be cancelled and deposit money forfeited.

"There is no question of getting land through fake means as we will not only thoroughly verify all applications to ensure that only those involved in the dairy business gets the plots, all cattle will be implanted with electronic chips so that no one can misguide the civic body staff," he added.

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