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The Union Cabinet has approved conversion of land allotted in Kandla port to Sindhi migrants from Pakistan from 99-year-old leases into freehold property, with the payment of one-time charges.
This move may benefit as many as 25,000 lessees that have got residential property in Kandla port. The land involved is 1,354 acre. Kandla Port Trust has the largest land bank among Indian ports with 2.2 lakh acres, from which 22,000 acres is not submerged in sea.
The Shipping Ministry had referred the Kandla port proposal to the Union Cabinet. Such decisions — of converting 99-year-old lease land to freehold for migrant population — have been taken in Delhi and Chandigarh as well, explained a Government official.
mamuni.das@thehindu.co.in
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