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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Pattas for Saranda villagers by month-end by Pheroze L Vincent

Pattas for Saranda villagers by month-end by Pheroze L Vincent

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published Published on Nov 1, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 1, 2011

Jharkhand and the Centre today gave final shape to a plan that aims to improve the lives of 36,000 people living in Saranda forest.

At a high-level meeting in Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s office, chief minister Arjun Munda discussed a time-bound strategy to implement the Saranda Action Plan.

Ramesh said by November 10, Jharkhand would start appointing rozgar sevaks (employment facilitators) for each of the 56 villages in the area. “By November-end, the state will start giving pattas according to the forest act. Seven thousand families will also be provided homes under Indira Awaas Yojana,” he said.

A controversial yet critical plan for the area is the construction of 70km-long cement-concrete road. The route will connect Kiriburu, Karampada, Thalkobad, Tiriliposi, Digha and Bhanuletha. “We’ve asked Jharkhand to prepare a brief detailed project report by end November. The state can get it done through the forest department and there will be no need for tenders,” said Ramesh.

Sources in the ministry revealed that Border Roads Organisation, Border Security Force and the CRPF were approached to build the road, but they all declined.

The ministry of new and renewable energy will provide solar lanterns for the families in the area and the state government has already floated tenders for bicycles to be distributed free to the locals. Transistor sets will also be distributed and all the costs will be met through the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for backward Naxalite-hit districts. Steel Authority of India Limited, which has large open cast mines in Chiria, will also be involved. “This psychological war against the Maoists will succeed through rural development,” Ramesh claimed.

Today’s meeting was also attended by CRPF director-general K. Vijay Kumar, rural development secretary B.K. Sinha and home ministry officials. Munda and Ramesh will tour Saranda in December, which they said would also put pressure on officials to perform.

Meanwhile, Munda requested Ramesh to lobby for special provisions for forest dwellers in the cabinet. “There are 3,000 villages in Jharkhand which can only be approached through forests. For any development effort there, roads must be built through forests for which we need relaxation of forest laws,” Munda said. He also sought a roadmap for local participation.

A source present at the meeting hinted at the setting up of a vigilante wing in Saranda, which would be integrated with the police force. “Trained by the CRPF, the Pahariya Battalion will comprise tribal villagers and will be a part of the regular Jharkhand Armed Police,” said the source.

The Telegraph, 31 October, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111101/jsp/frontpage/story_14693073.jsp


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