After talks with MCD leaders, Khap chiefs discuss future course of action on Lal Dora house tax waiver

Representatives from across Delhi’s rural belt comprising 360 villages, on Sunday met at the Mangolpur Kalan village, under the leadership of Sakal Panchayat Palam 360 chief Surender Solanki, to discuss the crucial issue of house tax waiver in the national capital’s Lal Dora and extended Lal Dora areas, a demand that they has long been placed before the government.

The meeting of the village chiefs came after a discussion on the house tax waiver issue that recently took place between a delegation from the villages led by Solanki and the top leaders of the MCD, including Mayor Raja Iqbal, standing committee chairperson Satya Sharma and the house leader.

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According to Solanki, the villagers on Sunday met to decide the future course of action to find a solution to the problem. He said the recent talks with the MCD leadership were positive, claiming that they have been assured of chalking out a solution in favour of the rural belt.

After the meeting of Khap chiefs, the rural leader said soon a delegation would meet the standing committee chairperson to hold discussions on the matter as they have taken the opinions from the entire villages on the issue.

Apart from the house tax waiver, the rural belt leaders discussed several issues pertaining to the 360 villages, including revision of circle rates and decided that the pending issues like land allotments and ownership related to 74/4 and the 20-point programme, allotment of alternative plots etc must be put on fast track.

Solanki said a delegation from the villages is planning to meet Delhi CM Rekha Gupta and Union Minister for Urban Affairs Manohar Lal with a request to put the ongoing works on Delhi’s villages on fasttrack.

The Palam 360 Khap chief said these issues were discussed earlier with Home Minister Amit Shah as well prior to the Delhi assembly polls, and the rural belt had been assured their works will be done.

He also said that the entire rural belt expects that building by-laws apply to the Lal Dora or the extended Lal Dora areas of the Delhi’s villages.

It is noteworthy that the villages of the national capital have been struggling with a lot of issues, especially civic woes and lack of basic amenities, but found that their resolution is not forthcoming. As a result, they they have no option but to endure broken roads, lack of sanitation and other basic facilities.