UP clears Urban Redevelopment Policy, rehabilitation of Hindu families

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday approved the rehabilitation of 99 Hindu families displaced from erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), currently residing illegally in the Mawana area of Meerut district, Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said. Briefing mediapersons after a Cabinet meeting in Lucknow, the Finance and Parliamentary Affairs minister said the families, presently living in Nangla Gosai village of the area, will be relocated in compliance with orders of the National Green Tribunal. Under the rehabilitation plan, 50 families will be resettled in Bhainsaya village of Rasulabad tehsil in Kanpur Dehat district on 11.1375 hectares (27.51 acres) of land recorded in the name of the Rehabilitation Department, while the remaining 49 families will be accommodated in Tajpur Tarsauli village on 10.530 hectares (26.01 acres) of land, he said.Each family will be allotted 0.50 acres of land on a 30-year lease, renewable twice for additional terms of 30 years each, with a maximum lease period of 90 years. The lease will be executed on payment of the prescribed premium or lease rent, Khanna added.

VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Suresh Khanna said the Cabinet approved a proposal for the rehabilitation of displaced Hindu Bengali families from East Pakistan and Bangladesh. A total of 99 families in Meerut’s Mawana tehsil will be resettled, with each family allotted… pic.twitter.com/GOijx1GLhf

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Among other key decisions, Khanna said the Cabinet approved the Urban Redevelopment Policy 2026, aimed at planned urban growth. The policy will simplify the process for approval of building maps to encourage compliance, while revised development charges will also be implemented. Khanna further said that the Cabinet gave its nod to the rehabilitation of families affected by natural disasters, under which they will be provided government housing and land leases. A total of 136 families will be allotted land pattas along with housing, and agricultural land will also be leased to them in accordance with their farming requirements, the minister said.