Yamunanagar | Pen of Democracy News Desk

The Yamunanagar Municipal Corporation (YMC) has initiated the process of finalising the long-awaited regularisation of 64 residential colonies that have remained categorised as “unapproved” for nearly three decades due to a technical error in official records.The decision was taken during a high-level review meeting chaired by Municipal Commissioner Mahabir Prasad on Tuesday. Senior civic officials resolved to conduct a detailed survey of the affected colonies, demarcate their boundaries and verify documents relating to buildings constructed before 1996, paving the way for submission of the final proposal to the Haryana Government.

According to the Municipal Commissioner, the issue dates back to 1996, when the Urban Local Bodies Department had conducted a survey to facilitate the provision of basic civic amenities in several residential colonies across Yamunanagar and Jagadhri. However, while issuing the official notification, a technical and clerical error on the government portal resulted in the term “building approved” being recorded instead of “colony approved.” As a consequence, dozens of colonies continued to be treated as unapproved despite having been identified for development.

Mahabir Prasad said the original 1996 notification covered 76 colonies, including 54 in Jagadhri and 22 in Yamunanagar. Of these, 12 colonies have already been regularised, while the remaining 64 colonies are awaiting the completion of procedural formalities and issuance of the final government notification.

To expedite the process, the Municipal Corporation has constituted a special committee, headed by the Municipal Commissioner, to oversee boundary demarcation and documentation. Survey teams have already begun field inspections to identify the outer limits of the colonies and verify evidence of structures existing before 1996.

Officials said residents can support the exercise by producing valid documents such as electricity bills, water bills, sanctioned building plans or any other government records dating back to before 1996. These documents will help establish the historical existence of properties and assist in accurately defining colony boundaries.

“The survey will focus on measuring the outer perimeters and preparing detailed layout plans. Once the verification process is completed, the final proposal will be forwarded to the State Government for approval,” Mahabir Prasad said.

He added that regularisation would provide long-term legal clarity for residents while enabling the Municipal Corporation to strengthen civic infrastructure and improve the delivery of public services in these neighbourhoods.

The colonies proposed for regularisation include several prominent residential areas such as Golden Colony, Dashmesh Colony, Yamuna Colony, Azad Nagar (Phases I & II), Professor Colony, Ram Nagar, Chopra Garden, Krishna Colony, Anand Colony, Jammu Colony, Kuldeep Nagar, Inderpuri, Veena Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Dayalpuri, Shiv Nagar, Gulab Park, Vishnu Garden, Rajesh Nagar, Mukherjee Park Extension, Netaji Subhash Nagar, Shanti Colony, Ganga Nagar Extension, Vishwakarma Colony, Vijay Nagar Extension, Saraswati Colony, Manohar Colony Extension, Durga Garden Extension, Darshan Nagar, Basant Nagar, Puran Vihar, Durga Nagar, Pratap Nagar, Dhiman Nagar, Shri Ganesh Nagar, Roop Nagar Extension, Gandhi Dham Extension and several others.

The review meeting was attended by Additional Municipal Commissioner Dheeraj Kumar, DTP Rajesh Kumar, Planning Expert Ashish Sangwan, Assistant Engineers and senior officials from the Town Planning and Engineering wings.

The Municipal Corporation has appealed to residents of the affected colonies to cooperate with survey teams so that the decades-old issue can be resolved at the earliest.

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