150 villagers reclaim land in Sandeshkhali, 400 complaints filed
Times of India | 28 February 2024
SANDESHKHALI/KOLKATA: A number of Sandeshkhali villagers who had complained of land grabbing have begun reclaiming their land, with Bengal govt starting the process of returning them.
According to an administrative source, around 150 villagers had reclaimed their land in Sandeshkhali till Monday as the state Land and Land Reforms Department (LLRD) took steps to return properties based on complaints filed with Bermajur police camp and camp set up by LLRD.
"We received 400 complaints including land dispute issues like grabbing, converting into bheris (fish farms), allowing influx of saline water into bheris and non-payment of dues of land lease money. Of those, around 150 landowners in at least three gram panchayats have received their land deeds," North 24 Parganas DM Sharad Kumar Dwivedi told TOI.
The process of reconverting some fish farms into farmlands has also been initiated by irrigation and public health and engineering departments while inlets are being sealed to stop saline water from flowing in.
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According to local sources, the action came in the wake of simmering anger in some trouble-torn areas, including Trimohini, Kaharpara, Patrapara, Bermajur and Jeliakhali.
In Kolkata, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said Bengal govt was not arresting the "culprits of Sandeshkhali."
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