Rajouri, April 9: A meeting of the District Level Committee on change of land use today met under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal to discuss and approve the applications received online from the applicants from across the district.
Officers who attended the meeting included DFO Rajouri, Arshdeep Singh; ADC Rajouri, Sachin Dev Singh; ACR, Imran Rashid Kataria; SE Hydraulics, JP Singh and other concerned officers.
It is pertinent to mention here that the new guidelines have been issued to regulate the uncontrolled conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes on the one hand and also keep developmental aspirations of the district and the people on the other hand in order to ensure sustainability in the environment.
The meeting after a threadbare discussion approved two cases of conversion of land to non agricultural purposes including those of Nirmal Sharma of Thudi( Petrol pump) and Vikram Singh of Bakhar( Stone crusher).
The DC directed concerned departments to ensure timely issuance of NOCs to the applicants after proper verification of documents and rules under land conversion Regulations, 2022. He also advised the officers to get field certification before disposal of the applications.
He also enquired about the status of NOCs being issued in favour of applicants, the applications received online till date, besides their reporting and follow up status by the concerned departments.
