2012-13 - Stscodisha.gov.in

Annual Report 2012-13Keeping this in view, Odisha TribalEmpowerment and Livelihood Programme(OTELP) had initiated the process to provideLand to Landless within its project area in selectTSP Blocks of seven districts i.e.Koraput,Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Rayagada,Malkanagiri and Nawarangpur covering 1042villages. This programme is being implementedin collaboration with Landesa an internationalNGO working towards securing tenurial rights;and duly supported by a literate and trainedvillage youth, known as Community ResourcePerson (CRP) or Bhumi Sanjojak. After carefulconsideration and looking at the potential of theprogramme, the land allocation programme isextended to additional 17974 villages in all the118 TSP blocks of 12 districts of the State, usingCRPs/Bhumi Sanjojaks. The villages shall becovered under three overlapping phases andshall be covered within next 5 years. The 1stphase from during 2012-13 (to be completed by31.03.2013), shall cover 6,094 villages in additionto 1042 villages already taken up under OTELP,the 2nd phase will be from 2014 to 2015, to cover3970 villages, and the 3rd phase covering 7910villages shall start in 2016 and end by 2017. Thefirst two phases with 61TSP blocks, shall saturatethe current 7 OTELP project districts and thethird phase shall be implemented in all 57 TSPblocks of 5 non-OTELP districts, viz Mayurbhanj,Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Balasore and Sundergarh.Post Land allocation, the CRPs/Bhumi Sanjojaksshall work with line Departments and extensionservices for livelihoods convergence includinghomestead development and housing support tobeneficiaries. It is planned to cover all the landholders benefitted through various govt. schemesparticularly intervening in the primary sector vizagriculture and horticultural intervention, animalhusbandry activities, off firm activities etc.The District Administration is the key implementerof the land allocation programme which isresponsible for planning, monitoring and reviewof the programme on a monthly basis and issuenecessary instructions as and when required. Theprogramme is estimated to Rs. 32.63 crores.EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEstablishment of Hostels for Boys and Girlsin the State:The state Government has given continuousthrust towards reducing drop out particularlyin the primary and secondary level andimproving the quality of education. In order toreduce drop out and providing residential facilityto the students belonging to ST families, the stateGovt. has taken a special drive to establish hostelsin approachable places. The approach was toprovide facility to ST students studying in thenear by schools as well as in the schools run bySSD Dept.The Department has sanctioned a total of 5375hostels for the ST students and there by providingresidential facility to approx. 4.05 lakh students,out of which Approx. 3.13 lakh are girl students.In the last three years, the department has startedfor establishment of 2393 number of 100 seatedgirls hostels in addition to the existing 2982hostels, which have been provided with allfacilities like safe piped drinking water, sufficientnumber of toilets and bath rooms, library rooms,kitchen, playground and high and properlyfenced boundary walls etc. In addition, thehostels are supplied with reading and writingmaterials, cots, blankets, mosquito nets, utensils,medicines, lady warden, lady cook cumattendants etc. Over and above all these hostelcomplexes for Girls, the Govt. is also planning toestablish another 500 hostels each of 100capacities @ Rs. 1.2 Crore per hostel within next5 years, which will cater 50,000 ST students.Although the above mentioned hostels are madefunctional in the District locations, there werefelt needs to establish urban hostel complex in31