Nandigram: CM to distribute land pattas

Kolkata, February 27: Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will visit Nandigram Block I on March 4 to distribute land pattas among the poor and landless there. Pattas are documents given by the state Land and Land Reforms department, bestowing ownership of land. In all, 200 acres of land will be distributed among 1,000 people. This is the second time that the CM is visiting Nandigram after violence had erupted on the issue of land acquisition for setting up of a chemical hub.

He last visited the area on December 26 last year when he addressed a rally near Nandigram college. “We are going to meet soon to decide the venue where the CM will distribute the pattas,” said Sitaram Garai, BDO of Nandigram Block I.

The Government dithered over whether it would go in for patta distribution at Nandigram which is still simmering. “We apprehended that there would be resistance from the locals during survey but nothing happened. The CM lapped up the suggestion of distributing the pattas himself,” said a top state Government official.

The department has already distributed pattas in areas like Khejuri Block I, Contai Block I, Contai Block II, Bhagwanpore, Patashpore and places adjacent to Nandigram. In these areas, a total of 450 acres of land was distributed among 4,500 people.

The distribution of pattas is part of the CM’s package to rehabilitate the affected people and rebuild the area. In compliance with the Calcutta High Court’s order, the state Government has already distributed Rs 5 lakh each among the next of kin of the 13 people who died in the police firing. The Government has already sanctioned Rs 1 crore for rebuilding the houses that were destroyed and also for the households to buy utensils.

In Nandigram Block I, while 184 houses were damaged totally, 236 were partially. A compensation of Rs 11, 000 (Rs 1,000 for utensils) was paid to those whose houses were totally damaged and Rs 6,000 (again Rs 1,000 for utensils) was paid to those whose houses were damaged partially. “I have already disbursed Rs 31 lakh for this purpose, and we are in the process of identifying more such houses,” Garai added.

In Nandigram Block II, 99 houses were destroyed totally and 300 partially.

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