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GUWAHATI: Guwahati Mati Pattakaran Sangram Samiti (GMPSS) has alleged that Mission Basundhara 2.0 will not give any succour to the residents of Guwahati if the government does not bring changes in the clauses of the scheme.
Talking to The Sentinel, GMPSS secretary Prabinjyoti Kalita said, "Around 85,000 families residing for years on the 18 hills in and around Guwahati have no land pattas. Mission Basundhara 2.0 cannot give succour to all these families. Mission Basundhara 2.0 has allowed people residing on ceiling and government lands to apply under it online. The App has no option for people residing on eksonia patta (annual patta) land, rayati land, bhu-daan mati (gifted land) Gausala land and NC (non-cadastral) lands. Most of the people in Guwahati reside on such lands. Around 85,000 families of Guwahati have been facing hurdles in applying for land allotment under Mission Basundhara 2.0. The government not consulting the issue with experienced people has led to this problem. We want the government to change the criteria for Mission Basundhara 2.0."
He said, "We have been fighting for land settlement for the families residing on 18 hills in and around Guwahati. In response to our demand, the then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi did form a committee with the then Minister Bhumidhar Barman as the chairman for giving land settlement to these people. However, the committee could not solve the problem. The Sarbananda Sonowal Government also formed the Harishankar Brahma Committee. However, the government has not implemented the recommendations of that committee even today. Now the present Chief Minister brought Mission Basundhara. It benefits a section of people but deprives others. To make Mission Basundhara a success, we want the government to bring some changes in the provisions of the scheme."
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