Date:07/11/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/07/stories/2009110755000300.htm

Karnataka - Belgaum

Corporation to allot land

Belgaum: The Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Development Corporation has announced that it will allot agricultural land to landless agriculture workers coming under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories with 50 per cent financial assistance and remaining as loan component. Each beneficiary will be given 2 acres or 1 acre of irrigated land. Those landowners (other than SCs and STs) who want to sell their land to the corporation may submit applications before November 25. For details, contact the corporation’s district manager at Metgud Building, 1st Cross, Mahantesh Nagar, Belgaum. — Staff Correspondent