Thursday, January 7, 2010

Demand for settlement of land records in Malkangiri district

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Source: The Hindu (http://www.hinduonnet.com/2010/01/07/stories/2010010751910300.htm)
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Demand for settlement of land records in Malkangiri district


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Collector seeks some time to look into the issue

Committee of Concerned Citizens threatens to take up agitationAs per revenue records 90 p.c. of inhabitants are encroachers
BERHAMPUR: The citizens of Malkangiri district are planning to take up the path of agitation if the process of settlement of land records is not taken up in the district by then.
It is an irony that despite promise of the Chief Minister, the process has not started in this naxal-affected district.
Members of the ‘Committee of Concerned Citizens’ (CCC) of Malkangiri district had met the Chief Minister at Balimela on March 1 over the issue.
According to general secretary of the CCC Deba Prasad Dash, the Chief Minister had promised to take immediate steps to sort out the problems of this much neglected southern most district of the State.
The citizens had demanded immediate settlement of land records of all rural and urban areas of the district.
It may be noted as per the revenue records 90 per cent of the inhabitants of district headquarters town of Malkangiri are encroachers of government land.
Same situation continues in all the remote pockets of this Maoist-prone district. As per revenue records most inhabitants of the district are illegal encroachers of government land.

Problem
This problem has occurred in the district as land settlement work has not been done here for the past 35 years.
The area was under Madras Presidency during British rule. As per the land records most of the land outside a village or ‘gramakantha’ was considered government land. The villages, which were just hamlets about a century back, have turned into towns like Malkangiri.
But the land records have not been modified. A delegation of the CCC met Collector R.Vineel Krishna about this problem.
The Collector, who has joined recently, urged the delegation to give him a few months time.
The CCC members have decided to provide three months time to the administration to start the land settlement work.
If it is not started by then they have decided to take up the path of agitation.


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