Continuing their protest Vadodara City Congress on Thursday once again raised the issue of irregularities in the name of afforestation on the plots allotted by the Corporation. They handed over an application to the Mayor requesting him to take back the plots. Mayor Keyur Rokadia decided to take over the disputed 46 plots. The green belt plots were allotted by the VMC to organizations for afforestation and other social activities. However, it sparked allegations of illegal construction and commercial use. Congress had taken up the issue and had run a campaign to highlight the irregularities on the plots. On Thursday they handed over saplings to Mayor in a unique protest to raise the issue once again. Congress protested against the allotment of crores of rupees of corporation land to private and political persons in the name of green belt afforestation and demanded an investigation for corruption in old plots and possession of all plots by the corporation.

Author-Shlok Talati