The State Government has devised an ideal scheme ‘Jaga Mission’, under which landless people would be getting land, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das while distributing land entitlement certificates (LECs) to landless people of Jharsuguda district on Monday.
Das said the beneficiaries would also be eligible to get a house under the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana.
He further asserted that although it appeared impossible to provide land to all the landless , Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has made it possible.While almost all the landless persons have received land and completed the house under the scheme, the remaining persons would be getting house very soon in the coming days, the Minister assured.
In the district , 2,300 landless poor would be given qualifying certificate, informed Jharsuguda Municipality Executive Officer Rama Chandra Pradhan.
Among others, DRDA Project Director Tapiram Majhi,former municipality Chairman Tapas Ray Choudhury and Harish Ganatra were present.