Landgrab: NGOs under scanner in Uttarakhand
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Uttrakhand Aandolankari
Mar 19, 2011, 4:55:15 AM3/19/11
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Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehradun March 18, 2011, 0:18 IST
With a series of alleged land scandals rocking Uttarakhand, complaints
are now mounting against scores of non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) which have allegedly grabbed vast lands in Uttarakhand.
Faced with mounting pressure to blacklist all those NGOs which failed
to meet the objectives, the government ordered an inquiry into yet
another alleged scandal in Pithoragarh district where the Leprosy
Mission Trust of India and a social organisation Mission the Leprosy
have allegedly sold the prime land meant for building a leprosy home
to private developers in the village Chandak.
“We are conducting an inquiry to ascertain the facts regarding the
sale of prime government land at Pithoragarh which was given to the
NGO for building a leprosy home,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Prakash Pant said.
The inquiry came after the issue came up in the Vidhan Sabha where
Congress member Maiukh Mehar allegedly said the NGO was selling land
to private developers in gross violation of the rules and norms.
Agreeing to Mehar, Pant admitted the NGO has not been able to complete
the task of building home for lepers. But this particular case is not
an isolated one in the hill state where hundreds of NGOs have been
working merely on papers. According to an estimate, the government
continues to receive umpteen complaints regarding all those
organisations which were floated only to grab the land.
“We have received scores of complaints from Kotdwar, Rishikesh,
Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts,” a government official
said.
“When an NGO tries to grab land in the name of social cause, it
creates bad name for the whole NGO sector,” said Chipko movement
leader Sunderlal Bahuguna, a recipient of Padma Vibhushan. He also
demanded action against all those erring NGOs which have grabbed the
government land in the name of social work.
“We have started taking action. In due course, more such actions will
follow,” said Pant.
With a series of alleged land scandals rocking Uttarakhand, complaints
are now mounting against scores of non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) which have allegedly grabbed vast lands in Uttarakhand.
Faced with mounting pressure to blacklist all those NGOs which failed
to meet the objectives, the government ordered an inquiry into yet
another alleged scandal in Pithoragarh district where the Leprosy
Mission Trust of India and a social organisation Mission the Leprosy
have allegedly sold the prime land meant for building a leprosy home
to private developers in the village Chandak.
“We are conducting an inquiry to ascertain the facts regarding the
sale of prime government land at Pithoragarh which was given to the
NGO for building a leprosy home,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Prakash Pant said.
The inquiry came after the issue came up in the Vidhan Sabha where
Congress member Maiukh Mehar allegedly said the NGO was selling land
to private developers in gross violation of the rules and norms.
Agreeing to Mehar, Pant admitted the NGO has not been able to complete
the task of building home for lepers. But this particular case is not
an isolated one in the hill state where hundreds of NGOs have been
working merely on papers. According to an estimate, the government
continues to receive umpteen complaints regarding all those
organisations which were floated only to grab the land.
“We have received scores of complaints from Kotdwar, Rishikesh,
Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts,” a government official
said.
“When an NGO tries to grab land in the name of social cause, it
creates bad name for the whole NGO sector,” said Chipko movement
leader Sunderlal Bahuguna, a recipient of Padma Vibhushan. He also
demanded action against all those erring NGOs which have grabbed the
government land in the name of social work.
“We have started taking action. In due course, more such actions will
follow,” said Pant.
ashok bothra
Mar 25, 2011, 10:44:02 AM3/25/11
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Shame to NGOs who r doing this,Ashok Kumar Bothra, Jaipur, Rajasthan
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