“We are not against development. Our only demand is rehabilitation first, then eviction,” said Saman Pathak, CPI(M)’s Darjeeling district secretary.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a review meeting on the rehabilitation of slum dwellers in the national capital.
The cadres, belonging to the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the Maoist movement, surrendered under the state government’s “Poona Margaem-Rehabilitation to Rejuvenation” initiative, choosing to abandon violence and rejoin the mainstream.
The cadres surrendered along with automatic weapons and ammunition under the Poona Margem initiative being carried out by Chhattisgarh Police. Two of those who laid down arms are women.
The act is intended to ensure the regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Vantara, a sprawling wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation centre, which houses over 1.5 lakh rescued, endangered, and threatened animals from more than 2,000 species.
Workers of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) stormed the Wayanad Collectorate in Kalpetta on Friday, accusing the Centre and state governments of neglecting the rehabilitation of survivors of Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides, which caused widespread devastation in Wayanad last year.
The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday approved a master plan for the rehabilitation project for survivors of the Wayanad landslides.
Vijayan said that a new safer area would be identified for constructing a township for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the victims of the devastating landslides.
The land and land reforms department, with its associated departments, is going ahead with different development and reform works for the deprived, the less-privileged and the needy.
