Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SB)

Mangalore, Nov 28: The KDP meet held at the Zilla Panchayat on Saturday November 28 resolved that temporary door numbers should be given to houses of all poor families, even if it was built on revenue land.  

Chairing the meet, district-in-charge minister J Krishna Palemar said that temporary door numbers can be issued to those who reside in government land only if the site was not earmarked for any development purpose. This will help the families to obtain ration cards, but this is not final, a further decision will be taken by the Cabinet. However, the families cannot claim rights over the land, he stressed.

Door numbers should be given to the houses of all poor families, who have applied for the same before November 27, Palemar said. Minister clarified the same to MLAs U T Khader and Abhayachandra Jain, when they brought before him the issue of poor families being deprived of all government benefits as their house stood on the government land.

Meanwhile, officials in the revenue department said that issuing door numbers to houses constructed in government land will be a violation of rules. However, Palemar said that the KDP meet has the powers to take resolution and direct the gram panchayats in this regard.