RailEnquiry

BHOPAL: The tug-of-war between the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bhopal School of Social Sciences (BSSS) continues over land acquisition for the long-awaited rail over-bridge (ROB).The BMC alleged that the BSSS failed to take building permission from the corporation before constructing the college and hostel building.The corporation raised this issue after the college administration reportedly demanded a change in the design of the ROB and refused to demolish the hostel building. Execution of the original design of the ROB would have led to demolition of some portion of the college hostel.The BSSS authorities reportedly objected to the design leading to a controversy between the two.The 20 acre land of the BSSS college was been taken on licence-rent from the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is renewed every ten years, the BSSS administration said. "This land was given to the college administration in 1972 on the recommendation of the central government for educational purpose," said Father Joseph PP, principle, BSSS College."We have allotted the land to the BSSS on licence-rent basis which is renewed after every ten years," said BHEL PRO Vinodanand Jha. "According to our agreement, since the land belongs to the BHEL the college administration has to seek permission from the town and administration department of the BHEL and not the BMC," he added."We have written to the BHEL administration to take a look into this matter to ensure minimum loss to the college property," Fr Joseph added. The college also claims that the corporation should negotiate with the BHEL for the land controversy and not with the college administration regarding any issue related to the ROB.However, the BMC officials said that they have already written to the BHEL seeking details of the BSSS building. "Twenty days back we wrote a letter to the BHEL seeking details of the land on which the BSSS was constructed," said BMC commissioner Rajneesh Shrivastava.But, the BHEL denies receiving any such letter from the BMC.