Meri News | Odisha | 20 December 2015
As per the information provided by the Mahasangha, the government had acquired 70.93 acres of land through Revenue Department’s notification dated 05-01-1961 from as many as 222 land owners of Goilundi village in Berhampur city for the Medical College and Hospital named after Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati.
Another astonishing fact is that the MKCG Medical College and Hospital has Record of Rights on land covering around 167.200 acres.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Prabhat Kumar Mohanty had sought detail information and documents regarding the total land, documents supporting the record of rights and the notification as total land now covers around 167.200 acres despite the 1961’s notification for the land acquisition was 70.93 acres.
However, the Medical College Hospital authority did not provide the information sought on the ground that the data was not available with them mentioning “it may not be possible to provide all the datas required.”
The matter came to light when the Bhitamati O’ Bastibasinda Surakshya Mahasangha took the case of 33 families belonging to poor class (some scheduled caste) whose houses inside the disputed medical campus had been demolished by the administration without any prior notice on 09-07-2015.
Sajid Hussain, president of the Mahasangha alleged that the administration had violated the rules and eviction was illegal as it was done without any rehabilitation and demanded, “the poor families some of which belong to the scheduled castes should be rehabilitated properly.”
