He was replying to a starred question of MLA Sameer Kumar Mahaseth, who informed the House that as per the records available, the fencing of a big graveyard, having 4.5 acre area in Khajuri panchayat under Rahika block of Madhubani district, was done in the past, but in public knowledge no fencing was done.
“The fence of the graveyard concerned now exists in a dilapidated condition, and it is being encroached by shady elements. Therefore, it requires immediate fencing,” said Mahaseth.
Following this, the minister said the maintenance policy with regard to the fencing of the graveyards is in active consideration, and accordingly the fencing of the 4.5 acre graveyard in Madhubani would be done.
As per the state government’s standing policy with regard to the fencing of the sensitive graveyards, the office of DM in every district has a list of sensitive graveyards and they are marked for fencing to be done on a priority basis. Sensitive graveyards are those which are being encroached upon, or where encroachment done has led to disputes.
On Monday, as many as seven MLAs, including Mahaseth, cited the cases of controversial graveyards requiring fencing to avoid further local troubles, or raised the questions related to the fencing of graveyards where local disputes have already arisen.
The minister, on the advice of Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, said that he would ask the respective DMs to look into the problems related to the fencing of graveyards, and also do the needful.
The MLAs or House members, who drew attention of the Speaker to the graveyards concerned in their areas, were Shakeel Ahmad Khan (Kadwa), Krishnanandan Paswan (Harsiddhi), Mohammad Nehaluddin (Rafiganj), Ajay Yadav (Atari), Santosh Kumar Mishra (Kargahar), Bagi Kumar Verma (Kurtha) and Bhim Kumar Singh (Goh).
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