In a Diwali gift to forest-dwelling Vantangiya community people, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Wednesday laid foundation of six projects worth Rs 2.15 crore in one of their settlements, Tikonia Number 3 in Gorakhpur, declared a revenue village last month.
The Vantangiya community comprises people who were brought from Mayanmar to plant trees for afforestation during during the colonial rule. Devoid of "revenue village status", their settlements have often been deprived of developments.
A revenue village is a small administrative region - a village with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets.
Speaking on the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony, the chief minister said, "A wave of happiness is weeping the Vantangiyas' villages after almost 100 years, as for years developmental schemes have eluded people in these villages."
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