Masahati survey conducting in Abujhmad area

Survey of 110 villages of Narayanpur district completed

Survey conducted for the first time after independence

More than 7 thousand 7 hundred farmers get Masahati Pattas

About 2200 farmers to sell paddy for the first time on support price

 TNINS 

The area of Abujhmad is spread over about 4 thousand square kilometers which covers the areas of Narayanpur, Bijapur, and Dantewada. Mostly these areas are surrounded by mountains and dense forests and tribal families reside in these areas. This area has been isolated for a long time. The survey of the land was not carried out since independence, due to which the tribal farmers living here faced many problems. On the initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, the state government took an important decision to conduct a ‘Masahati Survey’ considering the problems of the farmers of the Abujhmad area.

Survey to be conducted for 275 villages of Abujhmad

There are more than 275 villages in the Naxalite-affected area of Abujhmad where the process of the survey was not done yet. These are mostly located in the Narayanpur, Bijapur, and Dantewada districts of the Bastar division. The state government does not have any records of these villages in this context. It was decided by the Council of Ministers that more than 50 thousand people living in these villages of the Abujhmad area will be provided with the khasra and map of the land held in their possession. Due to this, the official record of the land in their possession will be available to the farmer families and they will be able to transfer the land in their possession. In this way, about 10 thousand farmers will get ownership of more than 50 thousand hectares of land under the Abujhmad area.

Survey to be conducted for 246 villages in Narayanpur

Following the decision of the Council of Ministers taken on 27 August 2019, 246 villages were notified for the ‘Masahati survey’ of the Narayanpur district by the Revenue Department of Chhattisgarh. These villages include 237 villages of the entire Orchha development block and 9 villages of the Narayanpur development block. Till now survey of 110 villages of Narayanpur district has been conducted successfully, which includes the 9 villages of Narayanpur development block and 101 villages of Orchha development block. So far, Masahati Khasra has been distributed to more than 7 thousand 7 hundred people.

Farmers getting ownership rights

In the Abujhmad area, many farmers had been cultivating the land occupied by them within the forest areas for so many years, but due to a lack of land survey, they did not have any land-related documents. Neither they could take advantage of any government scheme nor could they get loans from banks for farming. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel takes the initiative to conduct the survey in the Abujhmad area of Narayanpur district and farmers were given masahati pattas. This has given land ownership rights to the farmers.

More than 2000 farmers will sell paddy for the first time

Masahati patta has been distributed to many farmers after the survey conducted by the district administration of Narayanpur district under the Abujhmad area. In the current Kharif season, 2 thousand 193 farmers of Abujhmad will sell paddy for the first time after getting Masahati Khasra. Paddy is being procured from such farmers at the support price by the government based on the masahati survey. With this, farmers have started getting government schemes as well as other benefits. Under this, 35 farmers have been given solar dual pumps worth Rs.112.35 lakh, which will provide irrigation benefits to 87 acres of agricultural land. Along with this, Rs 127.97 lakh through a KCC loan, 1700 horticulture tool kits, and mini kits for the seed have also been distributed in 493 cases. Similarly, caste certificates have been provided to 2731 beneficiaries, and domicile certificates to 1573. Along with this, 11370 kg of paddy, 536 kg of lentils, and 470 kg of mustard seeds have been distributed to these farmers.

Pappu Potai sold paddy for the first time at a support price

Mr. Pappu Potai, a farmer of village Kadandi under Narayanpur district, has been given Masahati Khasra of about three and a half acres of land and now they have the ownership rights of the land. Pappu Potai, a young tribal farmer of village Kandadi, who sells paddy at the paddy procurement center after obtaining Masahati patta, told that he cultivated paddy this time on about 3.5 acres of land. He sold about 32 quintals of paddy. He told that in the previous years also he had cultivated paddy, but due to a lack of government documents, he was not able to sell paddy at the support price. In compulsion, he had to sell his crops to the middlemen at half the price. After the Masahati survey, he has been provided help for land leveling and construction of dubris. Farmer Pappu Potai said that due to the opening of the paddy procurement center near his village, the farmers of the surrounding areas are getting a lot of conveniences. He told that under MNREGA, along with the work of ‘Dubris’ construction and land leveling of fields, fertilizers and seeds have also been provided. He wants to use the amount received from the sale of paddy for fencing the field and bore on the field so that he can grow different crops for the coming seasons.