3. It was announced by the present Congress Government of Orissa that all landless adibasis would be provided with lands and in many places lists of such persons were prepared. It is surprising to note that although thousands and thousands of acres of cultivable lands are lying waste near about the jungles the same are not being settled but on the contrary waste lands and grazing fields within the village areas are being settled with cultivators. This causes much hardship to the villagers as well as to the village cattle.
