Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has asked the people who have applied under the Gunthewari Act to get their documents submitted on-line, and verified in person. Verification of the documents will be done on every Saturday and Sunday from January 27 to February 11. With the implementation of the Gunthewari Act, 2021, the authorities concerned announced the programme for application submission for people to get their plots regularised. The Government of Maharashtra’s Urban Development Department amended the Maharashtra Gunthewari Development Act 2001 on March 1, 2021. It has been implemented now in Maharashtra. It took long to get implemented in NMRDA, the issue was raised by ‘The Hitavada’. Finally, NMRDA, too, was brought under its purview. People were supposed to apply to the authorities concerned to get regularised their plots for which dates were declared.

 

People have submitted their documents online along with the fees prescribed by NMRDA. Now NMRDA has asked people to get their documents verified on January 27, 28, February 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2024 Avinash Katade, Additional Commissioner of NMRDA who said, “People have to come with the original documents and the photocopies of the same at NMRDA’s regional offices situated in East, West, North and South. Our officers will verify the documents return the originals and keep the photocopies. People who applied earlier offline have to apply again as we are not considering those. We have requested people to apply on-line only. The fees paid by the people earlier would be adjusted when they apply again.”