Monday, 12 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
About 6,800 people from 50 villages of Uttarakhand were among people of six states who received property cards under the Swamitva scheme. Prime minister Narendra Modi digitally inaugurated the distribution of property cards in the pilot phase of the scheme to about one lakh people of 763 villages in six states. Along with Uttarakhand, the other states included Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
The PM also interacted with some of the beneficiaries on the occasion. From Uttarakhand, Suresh Chandra from Goda village in the Khirsu block of Pauri district thanked the PM while adding that the whole process had been executed with transparency. There was no type of dispute. Chandra further said that having received the property cards the villagers will be able to secure loans from banks. Stating that the Chaukhamba range and Kedarnath mountain peaks were visible from his village with prominent religious shrines also located nearby, he said that the villagers are now planning to convert their residences into homestays.
Congratulating the beneficiaries, PM Modi said that he had also spent considerable time in the Himalayas of Uttarakhand. He said that Chandra was fortunate for living in a village from where sacred mountains were visible. The PM further told him to put up photographs of the homestay, contact number and other relevant details on the website so that tourists and pilgrims can learn about it. This will help in taking forward his homestay business, added the PM.
It should be mentioned here that with the digital launch of Swamitva scheme, the State’s revenue department distributed the property documents to 6,800 residents of 50 villages in the state. These documents have been made on the basis of drone survey. The teams of Survey of India and revenue department executed this task in a short duration of time.
The Union minister for Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and his counterparts from other states, Uttarakhand’s cabinet ministers Madan Kaushik, Arvind Pandey and State minister Dhan Singh Rawat were also present on the occasion.
