With the deadline of Sarbakshama Yojana (amnesty scheme) to regularise unapproved constructions in urban areas of the State ending on Thursday (February), Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena categorically said that there would be no further extension of the offer.
“As we have given ample time to people to avail benefits of the amnesty scheme, there will be no further extension of deadline. Now, the next step would be to initiate action against those who have deviated from rules,” Jena told reporters outside the Assembly.
Earlier on the day, Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingh Mishra had raised the issue in the floor of the House and demanded a further extension of the deadline in view of an overwhelming response to the scheme.
Following this, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro in a ruling directed the Housing and Urban Development to look into the matter.
Notably, the Government had launched the scheme in June 2018 asking the people concerned to regularise their unauthorised constructions by paying a definite fee apart from submission of building construction plans and fire safety certificates. In June 2019, the deadline of the scheme was extended for six months. Thereafter, there were two more extensions, the last one having February 20 this year as the deadline.
