Housing
Land Defaulters
The government gave urban state land defaulters a three-month deadline to regularize their obligations, warning that allocations are legally binding and critical to orderly urban development. The ultimatum signals a potential wave of land repossessions that could destabilize politically connected leaseholders. The enforcement drive tests the state’s willingness to confront its own patronage networks in the quest for spatial order.
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