Dev scheme for Santals
The district administration has undertaken various development programmes for ethnic Santal community in Gobindaganj upazila.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gautum Chandra Pal yesterday gave a grant of Tk 2.50 lakh to Shyamol-Mongal-Romesh Smrity Bidya Niketon at Madarpur Santal village, named after Shyamol, Mongal and Romesh, who died in a clash with police during an eviction drive in Sahebganj sugarcane farm area on November 6, 2016.
“We are arranging allocation of khash land for landless Santal families, job opportunities, widow and elderly allowance, and renovation of ramshackle huts for them,” he said.
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