Gujarat CM to handover assistance to 12,625 tribals of south Gujarat on Sunday

Valsad, 20 September, 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel is scheduled to distribute assistance under various tribal welfare and empowerment schemes to 12,625 tribals identified from seven districts in south Gujarat at a function at Nanapodha in Valsad district tomorrow (Sunday, September 21, 2014).

The function has been arranged as part of the new Gujarat Government’s completing 100 days in office for the all round development of the state.

The government had earlier decided to handover land titles to 5,000 tribals under a scheme, but has crossed the target in Valsad district alone. Valsad Collector Vikant Pande and his team approved 5,089 such claims, for 1,352 ha. of land worth aproximately Rs.14.58-crore. The taluka-wise figures being Kaprada 2,795, Dharampur 2,226 and Umargam 68.

The claims settled in other districts include Navsari 168 ha worth Rs.4.03-crore to 599 tribals, Dangs 584 ha worth Rs.4.68-crore to 417 tribals, Rajpipla 665 ha worth Rs.7-crore to 599 tribals, Tapi 266 ha worth Rs.4.07-crore to 209 tribals, Surat 13 ha worth Rs.69-lakh to 11 tribals, totalling 3,048 ha with estimated market price of Rs.35.04-crore.

Other benefits in the form of cheques and assets totalling Rs.2.27-crore to 4,700 beneficiaries, to be distributed under the Van Adhikar Adhiniyam-2006 at tomorrow’s function.

The Valsad district has crossed the targets in Mission Mangalam and other schemes too, including 301 per cent in training women in self-defence, 298 percent in toilets in urban areas, 130 per cent in rural areas, so also in new works by 116 to 266 percents respectively, in Van Bandhu, Van Adhikar Patra, Revenue Records, Smart Learning in schools, Nirmal Shala Abhiya, Classification of Records, Bar Codes in Ration Cards, Ration Coupons, etc.