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Written by Chinar
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 04:27 |
GANDHINAGAR: The state has hit the highway to land reforms. A ministerial-level group, headed by state finance minister Vajubhai Vala, has given
an ‘in principle’ go-ahead to the proposal to throw open one-km stretches flanking national and state highways for industrial use. The move, which will clear a crucial bottleneck of getting a non-agricultural (NA) use permission, now awaits a Cabinet nod.
A pilot project will be carried out in Ahmedabad to ensure that the plan is implemented in a smooth manner across Gujarat. Mooted by the state industries department, the proposal said there should be no need for an NA clearance to buy land for industrial use along the highways criss-crossing the state.
“Officials in the industries department have been asked to prepare, in consultation with urban and revenue department, complete details of the type of industries that can come up along national and state highways passing through Ahmedabad district. Areas will also be identified which cannot be opened up for industrial use,” said a senior official.
In all, 1,013 km stretch of state highways and 139 km stretch of national highways passes through Ahmedabad district. The issue, however, requires further study before implementing it across the state. “Ahmedabad will be a test case,” he said.
A presentation by the industries department at the high-level ministerial meeting also referred to zones which are crucial from the environment angle and therefore cannot be thrown open for industrial use. Also, those areas with urban or rural settlements or are highly fertile cannot be thrown open for industrial use, it said.
The proposal, which has the firm support of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, would mean opening up the 3,230-km-long national highways and around 20,000 km of state highways for industrial use, where no NA would be required.
Officials said, one reason why massive industrial activity has taken place along the Mumbai-Nashik stretch is because it was freed from the NA hassle by the Maharashtra government.
A revenue department official said, “Once the industries department is through with its proposal, we will examine its legal implications in order to implement it.”
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