July 14, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n The government\u2019s aid to bonded laborers under the Kamaiya rehabilitation programme takes a hit as some of them fail to utilise the lands allotted to them under the scheme.<\/p>\n Hundreds of Kamaiyas have raised concerns over not being able to plant crops on the lands assigned to them by the government.<\/p>\n They complained that the lands allotted to them are being used by the laborers who are yet to receive lands from the government.<\/p>\n One of the laborers, whose family received 4 katthas of land from the government at Manpurtapara, was shocked to see the land allocated to him used by another Kamaiya family.<\/p>\n \u201cI could not evict them even though I had legal ownership over the land, because this family had been living off the land for a long time,\u201d he says. Same is the case with many others.<\/p>\n According to Krishna Tharu of Freed Kamaiya Society, not even a single family could gain control over their land, despite having the government-given ownership documents.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the people occupying or cultivating the land are also former Kamaiyas, we are not in favour of evicting them. This is a problem created by the government and we demand the government to solve it,\u201d Krishna added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 14, 2017 The government\u2019s aid to bonded laborers under the Kamaiya rehabilitation programme takes a…<\/span><\/p>\n