Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the 'Hakku Patra' (land title deed) distribution drive for over 52,000 nomadic Lambani (Banjara) families in five districts in north Karnataka. The Prime Minister distributed 'Hakku Patra' to five nomadic couples on the occasion. This Hakku Patra will secure future of thousands of people living in the ''Thandas'' (Lambani habitats) in Kalaburagi, Bidar, Yadgiri, Raichur and Vijayapura districts, he noted. ''The Banjara nomadic tribe had faced much inconvenience for decades. Now, the Banjara community will also get the same facility enabling them to get toilet in every house, electricity, water, and cooking gas connection.
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