Under the model rehabilitation policy of the State government, 168 families of Navapara village in Baranvapara sanctuary area of Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district have been re-settled at Bhava village in Mahasamund district, after making it a ‘model rehabilitation village.’
So far, three villages of this sanctuary have been shifted to model rehabilitation villages in Mahasamund district.
Under the policy, implementation of the action plan for providing new, facilitating and systematic settlement to 22 forest villages coming under the Baranvapara Sanctuary area is going on at a fast pace.
In the first phase of the rehabilitation scheme, two years ago, Rampur village was shifted to new settlement Srirampur near Bijemal Village Panchayat. Similarly, families of latadadar forest village were shifted to Chaindipa in Pithoura development block.
In Bhava settlement, each family has been given 5,000 sqft residential land and five-acre agriculture land. In the allotted residential plots, the Government has constructed concrete house of 850 sqft, and handed over to them. Along with each house, sufficient land was made available for cattle keeping and kitchen garden.
Concrete latrine, concrete roads and electricity through solar energy system have been made available to each house. Drinking water arrangement has been made through four hand pumps and two tube wells. For the sports activities of the children, two-acre land have been reserved in the middle of the village.
Besides, community hall, temple and primary school buildings are being constructed for the villagers shifted to the new settlement. A ‘Mukti Dham’ has also been constructed.
Benefit of rehabilitation package of Rs 10 lakh each has been given to each family shifted to the model rehabilitation villages, of which,25 per cent amount has been spent on house construction, 35 per cent on land acquisition and construction and 20 per cent on roads and public facilities.
The action plan of the new settlement of Srirampur has been prepared with the approval of villagers. The villagers were resettled near Bijemal Panchayat by transforming 310 hectare forest land.
Fair price shop, broad concrete roads, lake on two hectare land, primary school and middle school building and Anganwadi have been constructed in the new settlement.