Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Thursday that the state government has decided to regularise 450 unauthorised colonies in 16 districts of the state, including those located beyond municipal corporation/council limits and falling under the jurisdiction of the town and country planning department.
Describing the decision as “transformative” as part of the government’s commitment to “equitable urban growth”, Khattar said the decision to regularise the illegal colonies is aimed at addressing the needs of marginalised communities and ensuring that the urban landscape is well-planned.
According to the CM, since the BJP came to power in Haryana in October 2014, as many as 1,135 unauthorised colonies have been regularised, while the previous Congress government had regularised 874 unauthorised colonies during its 10-year tenure.
Khattar said plans are afoot to regularise 1,856 more unauthorised colonies. Among these, 727 fall under the jurisdiction of the town and country planning department, while 1,129 colonies are under the urban local department.
