Residents of Ramgarh village thanked the Gonda district administration and the Uttar Pradesh government for making their decades-old dream come true. Officials said that initially, the pathway from the forest department’s approach road to the village has been electrified, but soon the entire locality would have electricity
The Vantangiyas from the remote Ramgarh village in Gonda district say their 75-year-old dream has come true under the Yogi Adityanath government as they finally have road connectivity. Other settlements of the tribe in the state are benefitting too
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Vantangiyas, who have been inhabiting 'forest villages' across Gorakhpur and Maharajganj districts of UP for long, are still not allowed to own land, depriving them of rights accorded by Forest Rights Act.
Even though the forest villages in Maharajganj district have seen agricultural activity for the last 100 years, farm land has not yet been consolidated, impeding efforts to fence it properly.