"Urban bodies should construct buildings for selling meat, fish," says MP CM Yadav after state govt ban on meat sale in open

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 19 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held a meeting with the officials of Urban Development and Housing Department in the committee room of the state assembly on Tuesday.
During the meeting, CM Yadav instructed that urban bodies should construct buildings for selling meat and fish as the state government imposed a ban on open meat sale.
"The state government has imposed a ban on open sale of meat and fish. To ensure that their vendors do not face any problem, urban bodies should necessarily construct buildings for the meat-fish market. Until the buildings are constructed, a place for selling meat and fish should be earmarked and arrangements for temporary sheds should be ensured immediately. This facility should be made available in urban bodies as well as big rural panchayats," the CM said.
He also instructed the Chief Secretary to ensure immediate action in this regard by holding a joint meeting of the Urban Development and Housing and Panchayat and Rural Development Departments.
CM Yadav further said that necessary purification treatment plants should be set up using the latest technology to ensure that the water of Kanh River merges with Kshipra River only after purification. In this regard, instructions were also given to immediately organise a joint meeting of the Water Resources and Urban Development and Housing Departments.
"The rules and procedures of building permission and compounding should be simplified. The rules should be clear and simple, so that the common man can easily understand and should not face any problem. The common man builds a house once in his lifetime, hence arrangements for building permission etc. should be made in such a way that he has no problem and the work is done within the stipulated time. Arrangements should be made to get the maps passed promptly by the urban bodies," Yadav said.
The Chief Minister also said that permission should be sought from urban bodies for the construction of government buildings as well. All the agencies involved in the construction of government buildings including Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department, Development Authority, Housing Board, Tourism should take building permission and compulsorily take care of building line, open space, parking etc. during construction. Effective action should be ensured in the field of TDR (Transfer of Development Rights) and TOD (Transit Oriented Development) so that residents get facilities and better planning of cities can also be ensured.
"Projects related to road widening should be planned in a better way keeping in mind the local conditions. It should be ensured that the problems of the local residents should not increase, they get facilities and at the same time, special care should be taken for the safety of the people during road widening and electricity related works," he added.
He further said, "There is a need to strengthen the financial management of urban bodies. It is necessary to ensure that the urban bodies use those funds only under that head for which funds have been received from the Central or State Government. Strict financial discipline should be ensured in urban bodies and authorities regarding work done by taking deposits or loans."
Vigilant and timely audit systems should be ensured so that better financial provisions and development work can be done. Strict action should be taken against financial irregularities, the CM added. (ANI)