Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered all District Magistrates in Uttarakhand to deny attempts by “outsiders” to buy land in the State for the purpose of agriculture or horticulture. These orders will remain in place until the five-member drafting committee constituted by the State government for a detailed examination of the report submitted by the committee on ‘bhoo kanoon’ (land laws) submits its report to the government.
The order follows protests in the State capital, Dehradun, by social organisations, under the umbrella of ‘Mool-Niwas Bhoo-Kanoon Samvanya Sangharsh Samiti’. They demanded curbs on the large-scale sale of land in Uttarakhand to people from outside the state. The protestors also demanded raising the minimum number of years required for a non-Uttarakhand resident to get a domicile certificate.
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