Cabinet has approved allotment of 226 acre of land to refugees. Miss Banerjee said the state government has recognised all refugee colonies and the process is on to hand over the land rights.
A decision to this effect was taken in their party meeting held at Soureni in Mirik yesterday. Some of the important issues the party would take up include the parja-patta (land rights documents) and Block bifurcation.
"I request all other political parties, including the Trinamul Congress, and their regional alliances to take up the matter with the state government and work towards ensuring that people from our region are not deprived of their legitimate rights to land," Mr Bista said in a release he issued on the eve of Independence Day
Magsaysay award winner Dr Rajendra Singh, also known as Waterman of India, is among the marchers.
