Forest Land distributed amongst tribals in Malkangiri
In two phases, the district administration has distributed forest land Pattas to 314 Bonda families, covering 774 acres of forest land at Mudulipad (BondaGhatt) under Khairput Tehsil .All PRI members and District level officials attended the ceremony
THE TRIBAL dominated and Maoist prone Malkangiri district, witnessed a historical moment when, within 15 days the district administration distributed forest land pattas to 5,113 tribal families including Bonda and Didayi tribes.
The Orissa district is famous for its dense forest, flora and fauna. A series of mountains with attractive valleys, are the prominent tourist attractions here. It is also known as Dandakaranya of the epic Ramayan, where God Rama, Laxman and Sita visited once upon a time. There is also a Sita Kund at Bonda Hill , which is claimed as proof that the Gods and the Goddess visited the region.
The state government has taken a lot of initiatives for the development of the Bonda tribe, a primitive tribe, with the creation of a separate Bonda Development Agency, to look after the welfare activities of these people. The Malkangiri district administration has also taken a special initiative for settlement of jungle land in favour of all eligible claimants of Bonda category.
There are 32 villages in these hillocks with 1605 households and a populace of around 6085 people. The PRI members / local NGOs/ block and Tehsil field staff are engaged for awareness of the people for collection of 100 per cent claims from all eligible persons who are cultivating jungle Kissan land since time immemorial.
In two phases, the district administration has distributed forest land Pattas to 314 Bonda families, covering 774 acres of forest land at Mudulipad (BondaGhatt) under Khairput Tehsil .All PRI members / Block/ District level officials /Tehsildars and NGOs were present at the ceremony.
There is another primitive tribe in Malkangiri namely Didayi and there is separate Development Agency namely, Didayi Development Agency, working for them in Kudumulugumma block. These tribes are habituated in 37 villages, covering 1633 households, with a populace of 6545.
Here, the ST/SC Development department and the district administration have taken up a special drive, to cover all eligible beneficiaries who are occupying jungle land since time immemorial for settlement of land in their favour. All the NGOs who are working for Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood Programmes have started special drives for awareness of the people, collection of claims and preparation of documents.
All the Tehsil/ Block / GP officials and PRI members have taken special drive to cover entire PTG areas as per the instruction of Govt. of Orissa and 100% eligible claimants will be provided with Title Certificates ( Pattas) by end of this month. Total 221 Didai families have received the title certificates covering 696 acres of land and shortly, many others will also be covered.
As per the information available, a total 5113 tribal of different categories of Malkangiri district have received Provisional Title Certificates under Forest Right Act 2006, covering 14,175.18 acres of Jungle land of different kissans.
Cultivation is the main livelihoods of the tribals of this district and possessing land is a historic event for them, bringing hope and laugh in the face of hundreds of Bonda, Koya and Didayi tribes of the district.
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