Pvt township on NH-44 gets eviction notice

Strap: Told to vacate 55 kanal of govt land within seven days

Tribune News Service

Karnal, January 19

Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gagandeep Singh on Monday passed an eviction order directing Alpha International City, a private township by Alpha Corp on National Highway-44, to vacate 55 kanal of government land within seven days, failing which the authorities will be forced to act.

The township has been directed to restore the original status of the land.

The land, which belongs to the civic body, was earmarked for a drain (khal) and revenue ‘rasta’ (lane). As per the Urban Local Bodies policy, the company was supposed to exchange land belonging to revenue ‘rasta’ with its own land, but the township failed to do so in the last 10 years.

The civic body had issued several notices to the township management asking it to either vacate the land or transfer the same to the MC.

The Joint Commissioner said, “After going through the facts and records, I have passed an order under Section 408 of the MC to get the government land vacated from Alpha International City in seven days.” He said the land was earmarked for ‘khal’ and as per the orders of the Supreme Court, the nature of water bodies could not be disrupted.

However, Poulomi Ray, Deputy General Manager, Alphacorp, claimed that, “We are a law-abiding firm and have not done any encroachment on government land. All our developments are in compliance with the government rules. However, there are some revenue roads for which we have written to officials. Moreover, most revenue ‘rastas’ have been subsumed in broader metalled roads.”