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Highlighting that the nomadic and semi-nomadic communities look difficulties to question benefits from the authorities owed to the lack of applicable documents with them, Karnataka Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities Development Corporation chairperson G. Pallavi has directed tahsildars to guarantee the radical get indispensable documents.
Speaking to the media aft reviewing the schemes meant for the nomadic communities present connected Thursday, Ms. Pallavi said that documents similar Aadhaar card, caste certificate, etc., were important for the nomadic communities to avail themselves of immoderate authorities benefits. Many well-deserving families could not use for a location from the corp owed to the deficiency of applicable documents.
The chairperson instructed the tahsildars to place the targeted groups and clasp peculiar camps to contented the documents.
“The corp tin supply 3,200 houses for the stateless nomadic families crossed the State. But, determination has been nary request from respective places owed to the deficiency of due documentation. The nomadic communities request consciousness connected the schemes, and the officers should assistance them get the benefits they deserve,” said Ms. Pallavi.
As the chairperson of the corporation, Ms. Pallavi said she had travelled to 21 districts and visited places wherever nomadic communities stayed and interacted with the radical astatine their tents, huts and hamlets. There were astir 11 lakh nomadic radical belonging to the SC/ST nomadic communities. In Shivamogga territory alone, 20,084 nomadic radical belonged to the SC and 2,728 ST radical live.
The State authorities has earmarked ₹100 crore for the improvement of the nomadic radical successful the Budget for the twelvemonth 2026-27. The magnitude would beryllium utilised to found residential schools for the children of the communities. The corp had been making efforts to supply lodging facilities for the radical of Sudagadu Sidda, Handijogi, Gosangi, Shillekyata, Koracha and specified different communities staying astatine Gondi Chatnahalli, Kallapur, Malligenahalli adjacent Shivamogga, the chairperson said.
Housing facilities person been sanctioned for Dombaru, Sudagadu Sidda successful Tirthaahlli done the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation. The beneficiaries would get the rubric deeds soon, Ms. Pallavi said.
She besides directed the officers of the Social Welfare Department to hole a database of stateless nomadic families and taxable it to the corporation.
Deputy Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti, Additional Superintendent of Police S. Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Director of Social Welfare Department D. Malleshappa, and others were contiguous astatine the meeting.
