RAIPUR,CG: Raipur District Collector Dr. Gaurav Kumar Singh on Tuesday asked the officials to stop illegal plotting. Stern action taken to stop encroachment at initial stage itself.

Singh was holding a joint meeting of all the revenue staff of the district and Municipal Corporation Zone Commissioners in the Red Cross meeting room located in the Collectorate premises.

Collector Dr. Singh said that under the Municipal Corporation Act and Panchayati Raj Act, the concerned Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Municipal Council and the concerned Chief Municipal Officer in Nagar Panchayat and rural areas Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) in the Municipal Corporation area, illegal colony development, construction, selling of plots in pieces or attempts to do so without the permission of the competent authority should be stopped at any cost.

If done, register a case and give notice to the concerned person or organization. Visit the spot and take site ‘panchnama’ and photographs regarding illegal construction and also take Patwari report, he said.

He said that if the matter is found to be of serious nature by destroying the structure of the illegal colony, then an FIR should also be lodged. He said that every employee and officer of Revenue and Corporation should keep an eye on the concerned area. Wherever encroachment or illegal plotting is seen, it should be stopped at the initial stage itself.

Dr. Singh said that the pending cases should be resolved on time. Complete the digital updation work of ‘Kisan Kitab’, ‘Khasra’, ‘Rakba’, and ‘Kisan Mobile numbers’.

Municipal Corporation Commissioner Abinash Mishra said that all the CMOs in the corporation area should smoothly monitor the cleanliness system and drinking water system of the respective areas. Ensure adequate water supply for the coming one to one-and-a-half months, so that the public does not face any kind of problem.