The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a major and humane decision regarding the resettlement of Hindu Bengali families displaced from East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and residing in Uttar Pradesh.
The cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, approved this proposal related to the Meerut district. The case concerns the village of Nangla Gosai in Mawana tehsil of Meerut district, where 99 Hindu Bengali families displaced from East Pakistan have been illegally residing on lake land for a long time.
According to the cabinet decision, all 99 families will be resettled in the Rasulabad tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Fifty families will be settled on 11.1375 hectares (27.5097 acres) of land registered in the name of the Rehabilitation Department in Bhaisaya village, and the remaining 49 families will be settled on 10.530 hectares (26.009 acres) of land registered in the name of the Rehabilitation Department in Tajpur Tarasauli village.
Each family will be allotted 0.50 acres of land. This land will be given on a 30-year lease, either on a premium or lease rent, which can be renewed for further periods of 30 years each. Thus, the maximum lease period will be 90 years.
This decision will ensure environmental protection as well as the dignified and secure resettlement of the displaced families. These families, who have been living in temporary conditions for a long time, will now get a permanent home and future security.