Shivalik Vikas Manch Dares Hooda for Open Public Debate on Lal Dora Issue

Chandigarh (I-Haryana News): The Panchkula based the Shivalik Vikas Manch has dared Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.Bhupinder Singh Hooda for open Public debate on Lal Dora extension Issue, as it has prepared the vision document on extension of Lal Dora (Inhabitant area) of Haryana Villages and ready for open public debate on this with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as he is concerned minister along with Chief minister of Haryana 

It is to mention that because of a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Shivalik Vikas Manch in Punjab and Haryana High Court vide CWP 6169 in 2010 to increase the Lal Dora of every villages of Haryana, the Haryana Government was forced to amend the two acts, The Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development act and The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control act to nullify its two notifications issued in 2003 to extend the inhabitant area of villages(Lal Dora) by 60 percent.

The open challenge for Public debate on this public interest issue (Lal Dora) was announced by Mr. Vijay Kumar Bansal, President, Shivalik Vikas Manch on Sunday in a press conference held in Panchkula.

To know further on the issue, when Intelligent Haryana News asked Mr. Ravi Sharma, counsel and chief Patron of Shivalik Vikas Manch, what they have prayed in their PIL on extension of Lal Dora in Haryana’s Villages, and how things have been changed after recent amendments passed in Monsoon secession of Haryana Legislative assembly?

Mr. Ravi Sharma told IHN that Manch through its president Mr. Vijay Kumar Bansal has filed CWP 6169 in 2010 in honorable Punjab and Haryana High Court  arguing to direct Haryana government to expand the Lal Dora of the villages of the state as per Haryana government’s official notification  LEG-27/2003 dated December 17, 2003 and LEG-24/2003 dated October 15, 2003 these above mentioned notification clearly say that inhabitant area of every village would be increase by 60 percent of present area under Lal dora.

Mr. Sharma further shared that till 2010 Government of Haryana kept mum over these notifications which were aimed to fulfill the object of Rural Housing, which has remained out of sight of Haryana Town and country Planning department headed by Chief minister Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Counsel for Shivalik Vikas Manch reminded that the public interests involved in this writ petition are of people residing in Haryana’s villages, because of increased number family units since last time when Lal dora (Inhabitant area) of villages was fixed, thus forcing the villages to migrate from their native villages to urban areas in want of legalized housing, or fell in trap of real estate developers to sell their land at throwaway prices to get housing for their family in developers’ licensed colony that too on their own land in their love to reside in their native villages.

Whereas, Mr. Vijay Kumar Bansal, President, Manch has termed Haryana government rolled back  on Lal Dora issue as a step against villagers, most of them are farmers to whom most of Haryana politicians claim belong to, including Chief Minister , Mr. Hooda.

Mr. Bansal further reminded that The Honorable High Court giving the importance of the issue of rural housing had issued notices to Punjab and Chandigarh, whereas, we prayed only for Haryana State, and Punjab is filed reply that they are working on this and Chandigarh will file its status report in next date fixed on September 29, 2012. 

Mr. Bansal said that, Mach has prepared the vision document on extension of Lal Dora of Haryana Villages and ready for open public debate on this with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as he is concerned minister along with Chief minister of Haryana. 

Know what Lal Dora of Village is?

The term “LAL DORA” was used for the first time in the year 1908. It is a name classification given to that part of the village land which is part of the village “Abadi” (Habitation). 

It was supposed to be used for non agricultural purpose only. It is that part of the land which was supposed to have been an extension of the village habitation, wherein the villagers used to have their support systems, livestock etc. 

In the olden days, these areas were marked by the land revenue department by tying a Red Thread (Lal Dora in Hindi language) around it, to make a boundary and to distinguish it from the agricultural land.

Source: Intelligent Haryana News

Dinesh Singh Rawat says; The issue raised  by Shivalik Vikas Manch is of very importance nature, i.e. Rural housing, it is hard reality that in India that none of government including Haryana have work on the issue, whereas, the name of the department is Town and country planning , and department has not done even single work on rural planning, thus adding fuel in problem of rural housing particularly in Haryana and other states.

I wold like to write a research report  on Rural housing after the Punjab and Haryana High Court decision on PIL filed by Shivalik Vikas Manch, as it would affect the migration within nation in want of homes.