Six villages of Jharsuguda district have been converted to revenue villages after six decades though they are yet to be surveyed. The villages are Kushmel, Patrapali, Balanda, Padampur, Ghunghutpali and Bhurshun. After the construction of the Hirakud Dam project, the displaced families had settled in the six villages. 170 pattas have been issued after relinquishment of land to the Revenue Department by the Water Resources Department, stated district Collector Parmeshwaran B at a Press meet on Tuesday.
2,508 applications were received for settlement of DC permission land out of which 2,242 pattas have been issued.266 families have not been able to submit relevant documents where as 11 cases are issueless, said Parmeshwaran. Rest 15 unsurveyed villages of lakhanpur tehsil are in the process of getting revenue status. The Water Resources Department has already handed over 346. 20 acres of land to the Revenue Department for revenue status to the six villages, added the Collector.