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PHULBANI, Dec. 11: The Kandhamal district authorities today said it had identified trouble makers in the district ~ 500 of them. Some of them have been arrested and a few more will soon be booked under the National Security Act."Police patrolling and deployment will be enhanced from 20 December in view of the Christmas celebrations," said district collector Mr Krishan Kumar.
At least 600 fake certificate cases had been registered and 225 of these cases have been disposed till date. Director, Orissa Watershed Development Mission Mr T Bhaskar Reddy and director, horticulture Mr JD Sharma informed reporters here about the new watershed scheme Jeebika. The scheme, intends to involve about 40,000 families of the district over the next three years. "An outlay of Rs 80 crore has been made," informed Dr Reddy.Talking about the land dispute redressal work, the district collector said that he has been empowered to take suo-motto cognizance of the cases, wherein tribal lands have been transferred in the name of SC people by the last settlement of 1976 and bring the matter to the notice of special administrator Mr MS Padhee.
This apart, the allegation that tribal lands have been purchased without prior approval of concerned authority as per Regulation-II of 1956, are inquired into. "So far, 234 cases in this connection have been registered and in 175 cases, tribal lands have been returned to the original owners. The revision of cases is also made on a priority basis," said Mr Kumar.With regards to tribals, who have encroached forest land prior to 2004, Mr Kumar said: "As per existing provisions the tribal family will get a maximum of 10 acres of land, so far, 62 such families have been identified." The district collector also referred to the special package for the district which involved setting up of a BEd college, a mega nursery for horticulture and two training institutes. n sns
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