18 years on, some of Muthanga land agitators to get houses
The Hindu
Work on 10 houses completed in first phase of rehabilitation project
After 18 years, a section of the tribespeople involved in the 2003 Muthanga land agitation will get houses of their own. The work on 10 of the 109 houses has been completed in the first phase of the rehabilitation project at Vellappan Kanady, a vested forest area nearly 18 km away from nearest town of Meppady in the district. As many as 109 families were given record of rights for one acre of land each on vested forest land under the rehabilitation project nearly two years ago. Thirty-seven members of 10 landless tribal families have been living here in makeshift huts erected on the allotted land.More Related News