50% Concession Scheme for Regularising Properties in 119 Gunthewari Localities Extended Until 31 December
The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) commissioner and administrator G Srikanth announced at a press conference on Thursday that the 50% concession scheme for regularising properties in 119 Gunthewari localities in the city has been extended until 31 December.
The state government has decided to regularise properties and constructions up to 2020 in the Gunthewari localities. Accordingly, CSMC has been implementing this process over the past few years. Residents were previously urged to regularise their properties by paying betterment charges, with an initial deadline of 30 September, which has now been extended to 31 December.
Earlier, a 50% concession on betterment charges was granted to residents to encourage regularisation. However, when this concession was phased out, the number of regularisation files submitted to the corporation declined significantly. Amid widespread demand for the concession’s return, the 50% reduction has now been reinstated.
Residents can submit their Gunthewari files to the corporation by 31 December and avail themselves of the 50% concession, Srikanth stated.
Over the past five months, a total of 1,560 proposals for regularisation under the Gunthewari Act have been received, of which 1,310 have been approved. This has generated Rs 22.75 crore in revenue for the corporation. The administrator’s introduction of a single window system has expedited the processing of these files.
Srikanth also noted that several residential localities were established in green zones but these lands have since been reclassified as yellow zones in the development plan. Although the government has yet to sanction the development plan, Gunthewari proposals from these areas are still being accepted.
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Family of Youth Alleges Police Torture Led to Brain Stroke
Two groups violently clashed during the Ganesh Visarjan in the Shivajinagar area a few days ago, leading to police action. The Pundliknagar police have taken 14 suspects into custody.
Family members and relatives of one of the accused, 21-year-old Pratik Kumawat, alleged that he sustained a brain stroke due to torture experienced while in police custody. They staged a severe agitation in front of the hospital where Pratik was being treated, demanding that a complaint be registered.
Following the intervention of the police and some political leaders, the agitation was withdrawn on the assurance that a case would be registered.
On 17 September, two groups confronted each other over the issue of throwing Gulal during the Ganpati Visarjan procession in the Shivajinagar area. A case was registered at the Pundliknagar police station, and several youths, including Pratik Kumawat from the Shambhunagar area, were arrested.
Pratik is currently being treated at a private hospital on Adalat Road after suffering a brain stroke. On Wednesday, his family members, relatives, and residents of Shambhunagar gathered in front of the hospital to stage an agitation demanding strict action against the police responsible for Pratik’s condition.
Former mayor Nandu Ghodele, Gajanan Barwal, Sandeep Shirsat, ACP Ranjeet Patil, PI Sandeep Gurme, PI Kundan Jadhav, and others intervened and assured the agitators that adequate action would be taken. A complaint has been officially recorded from the family members.
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