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Dehradun: The state government was in an awkward situation in the assembly on Wednesday as it came under a sharp attack from its own party MLAs as well as from the opposition over creation of district level development authorities and replacing them with the local development authorities. “Efforts are being made so that people do not face problem in their transactions,” said Kaushik. "Such people do not have registry of the land on which their houses are made. As per the earlier provisons, people did not have a registry but were provided lease,” he said adding that these people were facing problems from district authorities.Congress MLA from Dharchula, Harish Dhami added that a similar problem was faced by "each and every individual living in rural pockets included under these development authorities." Speaker Premchand Aggarwal announced a panel which will review the decision and submit its report in the state assembly after dissatisfaction prevailed among leaders of both the parties on the issue.A question asked by BJP MLA Deshraj Karnwal over the issue of replacing local bodies with district level development authorities, met with echoes of support from the ruling and opposition party lawmakers..