Andhra Pradesh - Guntur
Major project to benefit landless dalits
Staff Reporter
Fallow lands to be developed into cultivable area under the programme
District Collector launches 'Kshetra Darshini'
The project to be completed by August
GUNTUR: Fallow lands in Guntur district are being turned into
cultivable areas and the landless dalits empowered under 'Kshetra
Darshini' project of the State government.
A joint effort of various government departments like Horticulture,
Agriculture, Social Forestry and District Rural Development Agency, it
is promising to usher in a small green revolution in the parched lands
of naxal-infested Palnadu.
The project is a component of Comprehensive Land Development Project,
under the aegis of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).
"About 3,000 landless dalits are being given title deeds in 6,935
acres of fallow assigned lands. This is the biggest project to develop
fallow lands benefiting SC/STs in the history of the district,''
District Collector B. Ramajaneyulu told The Hindu on Wednesday.
Administrative nod
The Collector, who has taken a keen interest in the project, gave the
administrative sanction on February 23 at a public meeting held at
Madipadu, where 149 beneficiaries were given away ownership deeds of
land measuring 324.35 acres.
The meeting, held under tight security , was attended by a large
number of villagers.
The district administration has also released a schedule to complete
the project by the third week of August. Following the administrative
sanction, activities like forest clearance, removal of boulders,
earthen bunding, ploughing and digging of farm ponds would be taken up
till the end of March.
Simultaneously, digging of borewells and electrification would be
completed by the end of April.
Personnel from the departments of Horticulture and Agriculture would
train the people in sowing and cultivation and the plantation would be
taken up in July. The cultivation would be done with the help of water
conservation methods, like drip irrigation.
Nodal agency
The District Water Management Agency (DWAMA), which was the nodal
agency for implementing the project, had selected the most backward
mandals in the district -- Atchampet, Vinukonda, Durgi and Bollapalli.
"This is a once-in-a-life time opportunity for the landless dalits to prosper.
The government would bear the entire cost of the project from clearing
the land until the beneficiary gets the first produce,'' the District
Collector said.
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