Nagpur :- Vikas Thakre, MLA from West Nagpur and President of Nagpur City (District) Congress Committee has raised Regularization Letter (RL) Scam in Legislative Assembly during ongoing budget session on Tuesday and also problems being faced by hundreds of citizens due to lack of regularization of their unauthorized houses and plots under Gunthewari Act. The State Government announced that the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has been given powers to regularize unauthorized houses and plots also on reservation lands if it feels in public interest.
Thakre alleged NIT regularized five unauthorized plots of a builder on 40,000 sq.mt land approved as playground in राघवेंद्र गृह निर्माण सहकारी संस्था, खसरा क्र. ६२/१, ६८/१, ६७/२, ६९/१, मौजा मानेवाडा. NIT officials are into this scam by taking huge favours. On other hand, the NIT is not regularizing unauthorized houses and plots of hundreds of people citing reservations.
Speaker Rahul Narwekar asked Minister Uday Samant to take information from Thakre, hold meeting and take satisfactory decision in this regard. Accordingly, Samant accepted to comply with the directions.
Replying to Thakre, Samant said letter has been issued by Urban Development Department to NIT on 05-03-2025. In the letter, Urban Development Department cleared NIT can regularize unauthorized houses and plots on reservation lands if it feels it is in public interest. Urban Development Department also cleared Development Plan and Regional Plan will stand modified if regularization done under Gunthewari Act.
Thakre said it will pave way for regularization of hundreds of houses and plots developed on reservation lands. NIT is main culprit as done nothing when unauthorized plots and houses cropped up. Purpose of reservation ended up as houses and plots constructed to a great extent that too for last many years.
