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Sick
Textile land up for sale
A committee headed by textile
minister, Shri Ranjit Deshmukh is to work out modulation for the sale
of the excess land around the sick textile mills. The committee will
also comprise three ministers connected to textile and industry. The
convenor will be the secretary from the textile industry.
This
much awaited sale (in principle) is welcomed by the owners of these
sick mills. Revival of these 54 mills has proven futile. 54 mills
together comprise of 180 hectares of land around them and its sale was
earlier opposed by the unions and political parties alike.
During
the Shiv Sena-BJP regime, 15 sick Mills were allowed to sell excess
land. Development Control (DC) Rules 91 will enable the sale of land
as non-industrial use. There are two provisions for this kind of sale,
Under section 58 (1) (a) of the DC rules sale can be allowed if 15% of
the land is surplus. And under section 58 (1) (b) the surplus land is
to be divided into three equal parts. One part goes to Municipal
corporation, one to MHADA, and the third part to the owner for either
commercial sale or development.
Chief
Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh true to his words on an earlier promise to
absolve this (sick) matter, has come through with this solution. The
committee he said will put forth their report written 15 days of
formation.
The
VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme) has been accepted by the unions who
so long opposed it. In view of the huge amount of money required to
meet VRS, sale of this land is eminent.
By
leasing route 30 lakh sq.feet of the mills land has already come to
market through the back door. The unions too welcome this scheme.
The
Gujarat formula is to be excepted here in the mode of compensation
payment of 35 days of salary for every year of service put in.
30%
of the land to be sold will be utilised for Software Industry. The
government has committed itself to this task.
