RDC (north) Pramod Kumar Meherda directed the Dhenkanal district Collector to convert all the K-Pattas to regular Record of Rights (ROR) here at the first Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) meeting.
He said the conversion is required for fair settlement of compensation during acquisition of land. Presently, the Government is settling compensation dues on the basis of K-Pattas for the land losers.
On the occasion CESU representative Gautam Banerjee agreed to deposit the proposed Rs 5 crore corpus fund for peripheral activity phase wise and all genuine dues of the land losers. Besides, he claimed that the CESU has already initiated works for provision of health, drinking water, sports, education and employment of the locals. Moreover, CESU has initiated an ITI project at Dompara in Cuttack and started an electricity supply project on the Kapilash hills, he added.