Haryana Government’s campaign to make the villages of the state free from ‘Lal Dora’ got a major boost on Sunday when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally launched the physical distribution of property cards to the property owners of 763 villages of six pilot states including 221 villages of Haryana under the “Svamitva Scheme”.
The other five states included Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
While Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal was present on the occasion, others attended it through video conferencing
The State Government had launched the campaign to make the villages of the state free from ‘Lal Dora’ on December 25, 2019 on the occasion of ‘Good Governance Day’ well before the launch of ‘Pradhanmantri Svamitva Yojna’ on April 24, 2020.
The village Sirsi in district Karnal was the first village in Haryana to be declared as ‘Lal Dora’ free. Under the Svamitva Yojna, 227 villages of 22 districts of Haryana have been declared free from Lal Dora. Apart from this, three cities of Karnal, Jind and Sohna have also been declared ‘Lal Dora’ free.
The State Government has speed up the work in this direction to make the entire state ‘Lal Dora’ free.
On this occasion, a cheque of Rs 5 lakh was also handed over to Likhi Chand of village Bihlaka, district Gurugram as the first installment of sanctioned loan of Rs 15 lakh against Svamitva Deed by the Gurugram Central Cooperative Bank Limited.
After launching the physical distribution of property cards under the Svamitva Yojna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the property card owners from six pilot states.
Mumtaz Ali from district Yamunanagar who is a mason by profession thanked Prime Minister for giving him legal ownership of his house property.
He said that though he earns Rs 15,000 per month but now after getting the legal document of his property under the Svamitva Yojna, he can avail loan from the banks to further expand his work.
The Prime Minister congratulated about one lakh beneficiaries of Svamitva Yojna who have got their property cards and said it is a joyous moment for their families.
Stating that this scheme would bring about a historical change in the villages, he said that this legal document would not only give them the ownership right of their house but also prevent the interference of outsiders into their property matters.
Today, thousands of families in six states have been given legal documents of their houses and in the coming three to four years, efforts will be made to provide property cards to every house in each village of the country, he added.
He said that Svamitva Yojna would also help in building new arrangements for the development of villages as the survey and mapping of villages using the latest drone technology helps in creating authentic land records.
Stating that India’s soul lives in villages, he said that this scheme would go a long way in further strengthening the Panchayati Raj System.
While accusing the previous government at the Centre of always neglecting the villages, Modi said that they remained in power for years but did nothing for the development of villages. Contrary to this, the present Government has done several works to ensure all round development of villages including providing electricity connection to every household, construction of individual toilets, connectivity of villages to banks etc, he added.
On the farm reforms, Modi without naming any party said that the opposition is opposing the new Acts not for the welfare of farmers but to fulfill their own political interests.