08-30-2012, 06:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-30-2012, 06:54 AM by G.Subramaniam.)
Times of India = GUWAHATI: The Assam government and the Bodoland Territorial Council on Wednesday decided to allow uprooted Bengali-speaking Muslims to resettle in Bodoland Terriorial Council (BTC)-administered areas only after verifying their land ownership documents.
The decision was taken at a meeting between the group of ministers (GoM) and BTC administrators in Kokrajhar, the epicentre of the recent ethnic violence. At the moment, there are 211,194 Bengali-speaking Muslims in various relief camps. The number of displaced Bodos is just about 24,000.
A government source said, "We'll rehabilitate the displaced people in two phases. In the first leg, only those who possess land ownership documents in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) will be resettled. The fate of the rest will be decided after the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation." He added, "Rehabilitation will begin after the verification of land documents by the BTC administration. Displaced people can return to their villages after they get their land papers verified."
The source said, "The GoM and the BTC leadership will meet again on September 6 to decide the next course of action on the rehabilitation of those who do not have land ownership documents in the BTAD but may have been occupying government lands there." He added, "We want to begin the process with the resettlement of affected Muslim families."
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This is very good news, many of the muslims have been encroaching on govt land
The decision was taken at a meeting between the group of ministers (GoM) and BTC administrators in Kokrajhar, the epicentre of the recent ethnic violence. At the moment, there are 211,194 Bengali-speaking Muslims in various relief camps. The number of displaced Bodos is just about 24,000.
A government source said, "We'll rehabilitate the displaced people in two phases. In the first leg, only those who possess land ownership documents in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) will be resettled. The fate of the rest will be decided after the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation." He added, "Rehabilitation will begin after the verification of land documents by the BTC administration. Displaced people can return to their villages after they get their land papers verified."
The source said, "The GoM and the BTC leadership will meet again on September 6 to decide the next course of action on the rehabilitation of those who do not have land ownership documents in the BTAD but may have been occupying government lands there." He added, "We want to begin the process with the resettlement of affected Muslim families."
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This is very good news, many of the muslims have been encroaching on govt land