BHUBANESWAR: Thousands of dalits and tribals living in the State are yet to get land rights, alleged social activists of various organisation while participating at a State-level meet on development and protection of land rights organised by Odisha Dalit Adhikar Manch (ODAM) and Odisha Jami Adhikar Abhijan (OJAA) here on Tuesday.
ODAM coordinator Prashant Mallick and
OJAA chairperson Manas Jena said that 10,000 landless families had applied in
the OGLS-I form to get a land, but they are still in confusion whether they
would get a patch of land or not. Due to Government apathy, the families could
not get it, they alleged.
There are so many hamlets in the
State, but it could not be taken as revenue villages. Though the State has
ceiling surplus land, Patita kisam land and Bhoodan land, the Government failed
to distribute that among the poor landless families of the State, said the
activists and demanded the State to take appropriate step to distribute the surplus
land among the needy.
The activists including Ekta Parishad
Odisha convener Kanhu Mohanty, Sishir Tripathy of Omapan, Lokmukti Sangathan
Anant Panda, Tribal Organisation Network Theophyl Gamango demanded that the
Government to distribute the forest land among the traditional forest dwellers.
“If the Government fails to fulfill their demands, they will take the issue to
the streets,” said the activists.
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