63 Hindu families from East Pak get land, houses

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday allotted agricultural and residential land papers to 63 Hindu Bengali refugee families that migrated from East Pakistan in the 1970s. Along with this, they will also be provided with a residential lease and approval letter from Mukhya Mantri Awas Yojna. “I welcome all the brothers and sisters from the 63 families. In Kanpur’s Rasulabad, the arrangement has been made to provide two acres to each family for agriculture and 200 square yards for housing to each family in th total of 130 hectares of land,” said CM Yogi Adityanath. The chief minister stated that under the Mukhya Mantri Awas Yojna, Rs 1.20 lakh will be given to each for the construction of the house.

A total of 65 Hindu Bengali families were rehabilitated by giving them jobs at Madan Yarn Mill, in Hastinapur district but due to the closure of this mill on August 8, 1984. Now, among those 65 families, members of two have died. Hence, 63 families need rehabilitation. There was a total of 407 families, out of which 65 were left when the mill closed. The rest migrated to other places. In the present day, only 63 families are left who were leading their life like nomads. “Rs 1.20 lakh rupees will be available for houses and land levelling will be done under MNREGA”, added the chief minister. The facility of land development and irrigation will be provided through NREGS. Along with this, work will be done here under MNREGA, so that these families can get better facilities. According to the chief minister, giving land to those 63 families holds significance because the people fled their native country due to religious persecution.