Converting the gender of agricultural land to residential collides with parliamentary inaction

[size=52]Converting the gender of agricultural land to residential collides with parliamentary inaction[/size]

[size=45]Saif Abdullah[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Planning has set the conditions for converting the gender of agricultural land into residential, and while noting that the law is still in the parliament’s inclusion, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed the construction of commercial “malls” on agricultural land.[/size]
[size=45]The law is pending[/size]
[size=45]Spokesman for the Ministry of Planning, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, in an interview with Al-Mada, said that “the ministry is awaiting a law that it submitted during a previous period to the House of Representatives to settle random housing and housing in agricultural lands.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi added, "The law did not pass in the previous session, and it remained suspended in the inclusion of the House of Representatives until now."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi stressed, “there are controls and determinants governing the conversion of agricultural land to residential, not in an absurd or chaotic manner,” noting that “the conditions for converting these lands into residential areas are that they are not suitable for agriculture and do not receive their share of irrigation water for a period of no less than 15 years.”[/size]
[size=45]He concluded his speech by saying, "In the event that the land is outside this framework and is still producing and obtaining water, the law does not allow it to be transferred to another species."[/size]
[size=45]Agriculture vs. land conversion[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the ministry's spokesman, Hamid Al-Nayef, told Al-Mada that "the Ministry of Agriculture is against any occupation of green spaces, as it is very important for the Iraqi citizen, given that it is the area that produces pure oxygen."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Nayef called on the concerned authorities to “preserve green spaces,” stressing that “the Ministry of Agriculture is not competent to convert agricultural lands into residential areas except by higher government orders.”[/size]
[size=45]He added that "agricultural lands inside cities, if they become residential, then the Ministry of Agriculture has no objection to transferring it by a government decision," stressing at the same time the "Ministry's refusal to bulldoze agricultural orchards and arable lands."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "granting areas to build commercial malls on agricultural lands in the capital, Baghdad, is a fatal mistake," adding, "Green spaces must be secured for the citizen."[/size]
[size=45]Reasons for buying agricultural land[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Salam Karim, a 29-year-old owner of agricultural land on which he built a residential house, said that “the reason for citizens to buy agricultural land is due to the cheapness of its prices.”[/size]
[size=45]He added that "the area in which he lives has no services, as there are no paved roads, no sidewalks, no water sewers, no electricity poles, because the government did not allocate money to it because of its agricultural gender." Salam called on the government to "carry out an official inventory of the agricultural lands on which the houses were built and turn them into residential homes, to help a large segment of the population."[/size]
[size=45]Many years ago, the owners of agricultural lands in the capital, Baghdad, and a number of provinces divided them and sold them as residential lands at cheaper prices than the residential lands (Tabu).[/size]
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