Gujarat CM Anandi Patel gives revenue rights to earthquake-hit people in Bhuj

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel today distributed ' revenue rights' to more than 4,000 earthquake affected people living at a relocation site in Bhuj town of Kutch district.

According to a Gujarat government release issued here, after the massive earthquake of 2001, many affected families were shifted to the relocation site near Bhuj by the Gujarat state government under its Bhuj Rehabilitation Programme.

However, these quake-hit citizens were not given any "revenue rights," due to which they couldn't transfer their houses to another family member or take loans on that property, the release said.

Taking note of their long standing demand, Patel awarded revenue rights to 4,423 quake-hit people, the release said.

Patel also allotted residential plots of 93 square metre each to 35 families of the Madari community, which is a nomadic tribe, under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Scheme. She also gave financial assistance of Rs 70,000 to each family to build their houses.

During the 2001 earthquake, 50 families in Anjar town were identified as 'affected tenants'.

Under a separate scheme for rehabilitation, Patel today alloted 50 square metre of plots to each family to build their houses. Cash assistance of Rs 1.40 lakh was also given to each of these families today.