Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday distributed free e-patta for land to members of the Irular and Narikuravar communities, Adi Dravidar and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Class communities.
As a token, he distributed the e-pattas to 10 members as part of Revenue Department’s initiative to grant land documentation to 57,978 members of the Irular and Narikuravar families, 2,35,890 belonging to Adi Dravidar and Scheduled Tribes and 41,573 Backward Class members.
According to a release, the beneficiaries who were not able get the documents across districts are being identified. As a part of the exercise, Collectors have identified 11,873 hectares of land granted by the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department and about 2,668 hectares of land from the BC, MBC and Minorities Welfare Department.