PATIALA: The method for buying gram panchayat land in Tarauda Kalan village of Patiala for establishing Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State (JGNDPS) Open College, has been cancelled, as the federal government is all set to shift the venture to a different village, Paharpur, 15km away from the unique website.
The venture to arrange the state’s first open college was accredited in October 2019 by the then chief minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to mark the 550th start anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
Round 42 acres of panchayat land had been earmarked in Tarauda Kalan. Nonetheless, villagers and farmers within the village began proteting towards the transfer final yr, together with towards acquisition of panchayat land. They cited grounds that a lot of the households within the village had been depending on tilling panchayat land. They stated these cultivators didn’t personal land and used to take it on lease from the federal government.
“Of 100 acres of widespread land in Tarauda Kalan, 42 acres was being acquired for the college after village panchayat had handed a decision giving consent to acquisition, however villagers and farmers had been unwilling to present away land. Even the consent of gram sabha was not taken regardless of it being necessary. Our protest on the positioning will proceed until land is once more registered within the identify of Tarauda Kalan. Round 30 households are tilling this a part of panchayat land and most of them are economically weak,” stated BKU functionary Surinder Singh.
JGNDSO College vice-chancellor Prof Karamjeet Singh, stated, “Formal orders are awaited for the land in Paharpur. For now, courses are held at Mohindra School, whereas the executive block operates from state training faculty.”
The venture to arrange the state’s first open college was accredited in October 2019 by the then chief minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to mark the 550th start anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
Round 42 acres of panchayat land had been earmarked in Tarauda Kalan. Nonetheless, villagers and farmers within the village began proteting towards the transfer final yr, together with towards acquisition of panchayat land. They cited grounds that a lot of the households within the village had been depending on tilling panchayat land. They stated these cultivators didn’t personal land and used to take it on lease from the federal government.
“Of 100 acres of widespread land in Tarauda Kalan, 42 acres was being acquired for the college after village panchayat had handed a decision giving consent to acquisition, however villagers and farmers had been unwilling to present away land. Even the consent of gram sabha was not taken regardless of it being necessary. Our protest on the positioning will proceed until land is once more registered within the identify of Tarauda Kalan. Round 30 households are tilling this a part of panchayat land and most of them are economically weak,” stated BKU functionary Surinder Singh.
JGNDSO College vice-chancellor Prof Karamjeet Singh, stated, “Formal orders are awaited for the land in Paharpur. For now, courses are held at Mohindra School, whereas the executive block operates from state training faculty.”