UP govt okays plan to resettle 99 Hindu families displaced from East Pakistan

Under the rehabilitation plan, 50 families will be resettled in Bhaisaya village of Rasulabad tehsil in Kanpur Dehat district on 11.1375 hectares (27.51 acres) of land recorded in the name of the Rehabilitation Department, while the remaining 49 families will be accommodated in Tajpur Tarsauli village on 10.530 hectares (26.01 acres) of land, he said. Each of these families will be allotted 0.50 acres of land. This land will be given on a 30-year lease, either on premium or lease rent, renewable twice for further periods of 30 years each, meaning that the maximum lease period will be of 90 years.

“The lease will be executed on payment of the prescribed premium or lease rent,” Khanna added. Officials said that the decision will be taken while ensuring environmental protection as well as the dignified and secure resettlement of the displaced families.

Khanna said that the Cabinet gave its nod to the rehabilitation of families affected by natural disasters, under which they will be provided government housing and land leases.

Earlier, CM Yogi Adityanath had directed the officials to arrange land for the rehabilitation of disaster-affected families in Bahraich district, including in revenue village Paratapur, following a tragic incident in which nine people died while crossing a river, he added. An aerial survey of the affected area was conducted, and families from Paratapur village were rehabilitated. Under the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana, housing will be provided to the affected families, while land leases will also be granted.