Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: In its efforts to cope with the growing agitation by tribal people in the backward districts of the state and prevent clashes between and tribal and non-tribal people, Odisha government has started initiating a series of measures to implement the laws pertaining to land rights in scheduled areas.
The efforts were aimed at preventing faceoff between tribals and non-tribals in the backward regions and also check the growth of the Maoists in the regions that were witnessing agitation by tribal people for land rights.
In districts such as Malkangiri, Rayagada, Koraput, Nawrangpur and Gajapati, the administration has started taking steps to resolve various types of land disputes, including the cases where land belonging to tribal families had been taken away by non-tribal people.
In Malkangiri district, the administration has decided to start a campaign from Monday to circulate a form among the tribal people and collect information about land rights.
Once the administration gathers data on the grievances of tribal families, particularly those who were landless and or whose land had been taken over by non-tribal people, immediate steps would be taken to solve the issues in question, according a senior administration official.
Thousands of landless families had settled over government land of various categories, including forest land, in Malkangiri and other districts. These people were facing harassment at the hands of the staff of different government departments from time to time.
The state government has also approached the High Court seeking vacation of stay on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act. Once the court vacates the stay, it is believed that the government will be able to grant land right to over 20000 families in Narayanpatna Block of Koraput district alone.
Meanwhile, the tribal agitation for land rights in Narayanpatna has started spreading to other parts of the district with tribal people forcibly cultivating the land belonging to non-tribals. Such incidents have already taken place in Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon and Palur areas of Koraput.
The state government that had been sleeping over the frequent demand of tribal people for land rights for the past several years when the situation went out of its control in Narayanpatna recently.
Source: KalingaTimes
The efforts were aimed at preventing faceoff between tribals and non-tribals in the backward regions and also check the growth of the Maoists in the regions that were witnessing agitation by tribal people for land rights.
In districts such as Malkangiri, Rayagada, Koraput, Nawrangpur and Gajapati, the administration has started taking steps to resolve various types of land disputes, including the cases where land belonging to tribal families had been taken away by non-tribal people.
In Malkangiri district, the administration has decided to start a campaign from Monday to circulate a form among the tribal people and collect information about land rights.
Once the administration gathers data on the grievances of tribal families, particularly those who were landless and or whose land had been taken over by non-tribal people, immediate steps would be taken to solve the issues in question, according a senior administration official.
Thousands of landless families had settled over government land of various categories, including forest land, in Malkangiri and other districts. These people were facing harassment at the hands of the staff of different government departments from time to time.
The state government has also approached the High Court seeking vacation of stay on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act. Once the court vacates the stay, it is believed that the government will be able to grant land right to over 20000 families in Narayanpatna Block of Koraput district alone.
Meanwhile, the tribal agitation for land rights in Narayanpatna has started spreading to other parts of the district with tribal people forcibly cultivating the land belonging to non-tribals. Such incidents have already taken place in Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon and Palur areas of Koraput.
The state government that had been sleeping over the frequent demand of tribal people for land rights for the past several years when the situation went out of its control in Narayanpatna recently.
Source: KalingaTimes
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