SHILLONG, AUG 3: Meghalaya government has ordered fast tracking of land acquisition for setting up the entry/exit points even as it approved the proposal for introducing the draft bills on benami and tenancy in the forthcoming assembly session.
“The direction has been given that land acquisition process must be fast-tracked to ensure that the whole exercise for setting up the entry/exit points’ or facilitation centres are completed in line with our expectations,” chief minister Mukul Sangma told newsmen after the cabinet on Monday.
According to him, all the deputy commissioners have completed their exercise in as far as identification of the sites is concerned. “We must take possession of the land after completion of the land acquisition process of those identified locations,” he said.
Earlier, the 13 pro- ILP groups expressed their disappointment on the delay of the government to start the first phase of implementation of the comprehensive mechanism proposed by them since the past one year.
Sangma informed that the cabinet has also approved the constitution of a task force to ensure that the implementation of the comprehensive mechanism in dealing with the issue of influx and illegal immigration is completed within a fixed timeline. According to him, the government is focused and committed to complete the whole process of implementation of the comprehensive mechanism.
The task force proposed by the political department will be headed by the additional chief secretary of political department as the chairman with other officers of other relevant departments as members.
Sangma informed that the draft bills to amend the Meghalaya Benami Transaction Provision Act 1980 as well as the draft version of the Meghalaya Regulation of Landlord and Verification of Residence Bill have been completed.
Sangma said, “Now they have to take it forward with diligence for introducing in the forthcoming assembly session,” said adding that the cabinet has also proposed to have another round of consultation on the final draft bill with stakeholders and partners in structuring this whole bill.- By Our Reporter
The CM and the Law Department should first clarify how can State Govt amend the Meghalaya Benami Transaction Provision Act 1980, when they do not have an official document of the original Act.. We had sought for this in the earlier Influx meet but everyone seems not to be interested to seek for the original Act..and they did not invite us anymore after that.. very strange indeed.. Based on which official Act are they amending??