Newly-elected Visavadar MLA and Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Italia on Tuesday met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, for the first time since being sworn in, according to a statement issued by the party.During the meeting, Italia reportedly raised five questions concerning his constituency and the broader population across the state, the party said in a statement.“I presented five policy issues of the Visavadar-Bhesan constituency before the Chief Minister. The biggest issue of our area is the eco-sensitive zones, which affects a total of three districts, 15 talukas and 196 villages… and is very disturbing to the farmers who are opposing it. I presented a reference from the Assam government that has abolished eco-zones. If this can be done in Assam, it can be done in Gujarat too,” AAP quoted Italia as saying.Italia reportedly also discussed the Chief Minister Kisan Sahay Yojana for farmers during the meeting.“Under this scheme, farmers who have suffered crop damage will be given compensation but this scheme has not been implemented yet. If people, mobiles, houses, cattle are insured, then why not farmers’crops? According to this scheme, a compensation of Rs 20,000-25,000 per hectare, per farmer, has been planned, but this scheme has not been implemented,” said the statementThe third issue, AAP said Italia raised was that the Town Planning scheme was being “wrongly” implemented in the new municipal corporations. “…nowhere in the Town Planning law is it written that 40% land should be deducted or government reserved plots should be kept… Since the TP law is not being implemented properly, rainwater gets filled in most of the cities, sewers overflow, and traffic and parking problems arise. The draft TP that has been in place for years is not being implemented in the final TP. Instead of the original land of the farmers, plots are allotted in some other place and court cases go on for years,” the statement said.The fourth concern was that the “production of renewable energy is increasing in Gujarat but no property tax is being levied on solar farms and windmills”. The fifth concern discussed by the MLA was that since cattle did not have land to graze their cattle, they were forced to do so on government land. Italia said he suggested the government give these herders a land on rent to graze their cattle.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Bhupendra PatelGopal Italia