Haphazard Growth of Housing Colonies on Farm Lands

It is reported that illegal and unauthorized colonies have come up in several parts of Virudhunagar district esp. on major roads and highways in the last few years. Fertile and irrigated lands with two crops have been diverted into housing societies and plots are being sold to the buyers without proper sanctions from the concerned authorities including the Panchayat officials. The result is that the village Panchayats are unable to realize their revenue and other charges from the colonizers but forced to develop the infrastructure in those colonies out of public funds. The concerned officials of Panchayat Department have made a complaint against such a development before the Collector of Virudhunagar District recently. This demand certainly deserves utmost and urgent consideration of the officials handling Revenue and Country & Town Planning Departments in the State.