Chandigarh, April 6 - Conscious leading citizens of 22 villages of Chandigarh formed a non-political Chandigarh Rural Development Forum and announced that either the people of 22 villages will get proper development and basic rights, otherwise only NOTA will get votes this time.

During a press conference here, the leaders of the forum demanded that the land pooling policy should be implemented in Chandigarh on the lines of Punjab-Haryana. The leaders said that implementation of land pooling scheme to develop the villages of the city will benefit all the villages of the city.

The leaders said that the land pooling proposal has been pending for many years and if it is implemented, it will solve the problem of constructions outside the Lal Dora (which the administration considers illegal) in the villages of the city. The leaders said that if this incentive is approved, then 23 villages of the city will benefit the most and they will be able to be developed on the lines of cities.

The leaders said that with the formation of land pooling policy, arable land can be used for commercial purposes. He said that about 3 thousand acres of land is cultivable in these 23 villages, for which land pooling policy is needed. Currently, the administration considers construction outside Lal Dora as illegal and the municipal corporation does not provide any facilities to them.

Mr. Harbhajan Singh Kajheri, (Former Chairman Market Committee), former Sarpanch Gurdeep Singh Attawa and former Vice Chancellor Dr. Lakhmir Singh have been given the responsibility of patronage of the Manch and Chairman Tejinder Singh Saran has been made by the Manch. Along with this, Satinder Singh Sidhu has been made president, Anand Singh Kajheri as vice president and Jeet Singh Bahlana and Robin Rana as general secretaries.