Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will celebrate New Year with `Vantagiya’ community in Maharajganj and will give certificates to the villages of 18 Gram sabha in that region, official said here on Friday.
A highly placed source said that CM will have interaction with the villages to know whether they are getting the benefits of the government schemes. He will also declare 18 Vantangiya Villages as revenue villages, he said
A revenue village is a small administrative region - a village with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets, officials
Conversion of tribal-dominated forest villages to revenue villages under the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act will enable the administration to adopt development measures such as setting up of schools, dispensaries, and other facilities in these villages.
There are around 40,000 Vantangiyas spread over in Gorakhpur and Maharajganj districts.
The Vantangiya community comprises people who were brought from Mayanmar to plant trees for afforestation during the colonial rule.
The official said that the community faces problems related to the use of natural forest produce like fruits, honey, wax, wood and leaves to meet their daily needs as the forests inhabited by them are not considered as revenue villages.
In last October CM had celebrated Diwaliu with the forest dwelling ‘Vantangiya’ community in Gorakhpur and declared five of their settlements as revenue villages. Ina function held in Vantangiya Vilage CM distributed sweets, fruits and textbooks to the children and wheelchairs to the differently- abled people.