Govt admits many villages lack gauchar land

Ahmedabad: In written reply to a question raised by Tejashree Patel, Congress MLA from Viramgam, the state government has admitted in the assembly that 83 villages in Ahmedabad district, and another 18 villages in Gandhi nagar, do not have any gauchar land. Patel had specifically asked about the status of gauchar land in villages belonging to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts.
However, the government stated that of the 83 such villages in Ahmedabad district, 33 villages were now included within the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and hence those 33 villages do not need gauchar land.
For the rest 68 villages, the government claimed that there was enough land around the villages for grazing of cattle. It said that gauchar land would be allotted to such villages if any of them move a proposal for the same.
Meanwhile, in response to a question by Sanand MLA, Karamsinh Patel, the government has said that it has removed encroachment on village and taluka land in 49 cases in Sanand and in 65 cases in Bavla.