UP govt to build houses for Dalits, poor on land seized from mafias

Lucknow, August 20: While presenting the supplementary budget for FY 2021-22, the Yogi Adityanath-led-government announced that the state will build a house for Dalits and the poor on the lands freed from the clutches of the mafia.

 

 

Speaking during the discussion over the supplementary budget in Vidhan Sabha, the CM said property worth Rs 1,500 had been seized from criminals. “It is surprising that those who talk about women’s welfare, their government in a state did everything possible to provide protection to a dreaded mafia,” the CM said.

 

 

“There are many who will again try to give patronage to the mafia. After all, elections are approaching. However, time and scenario have changed. One should keep in mind that now if one wants to roam around with the mafia, a bulldozer will certainly be following them,” the CM said.

 

 

 

He said the state government not only seized the property of mafia elements but also demolished their illegal premises. “It was the government’s property. The state government will ensure houses for the poor and Dalits on the land that has been freed from the mafia,” Yogi said.

 

 

 

Since 2017, the Adityanath govt has freed up over 67,000 acres of govt land from e clutches of the land mafia. CM Adityanath had said, “After this government was formed in 2017, an anti-land mafia task force was constituted to free public and private land grabbed under the patronage of those who were in power and using other tricks. The task force has so far freed 67,000 acres of land of the revenue department.”

 

 

The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday presented a supplementary budget of Rs 7,301.52 crore in the state Legislative Assembly for the financial year 2021-22 to meet additional expenditure. Of this, Rs 3,000 crore has been allocated to create job opportunities in the state.