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Block VII. Seonri Block. 



Situation. The block selected is situated on the right bank 

 of the Dhasan river in Panwari-Jaitpur pargana of the 

 Kulpahar tahsil in the Hamirpur district, 20 miles 

 from Harpalpur station. 



Area. The block selected includes land from nine villages as 

 follows : 



Acres. Acres. 



Maleta ... 300 Gohani Pauwan .. 300 



Kachaucha ... 500 Sakranda Rath 



Gugarwala .. 600 Salaya Khas 



Ajit (deserted) ' ... 150 Jhannabira 



Seonri 



150 

 100 

 800 

 1,500 



Total area, 4,400 acres. 

 Ownership. Three villages are held by Lalas of Banda, three 

 by Parihar Thakurs, one by a widow of Basela, and 

 only two by a large number of pattidars. 

 Reasons for selection. The area is opposite the Motikatra 

 forest reserve on the left bank of the river in the Jhansi 

 district and is close to the Islampur distributary of the 

 Dhasan canal, from which waste water should be avail- 

 able. The reclamation of this block would prevent a large 

 amount of erosion as its frontage is about seven miles. 

 It would provide famine relief work for the western part 

 of the Kulpahar tahsil. It was one of the blocks pro- 

 posed for reclamation by Mr. Stevenson, i.c.s., lately 

 Collector of Hamirpur, but it is an area in which work 

 must be looked upon as protective only. 



Block VHI.-Sikri Block. 



Situation. The block selected is situated on the left bank of 

 the Betwa river in the Oral tahsil of the Jalaun district, 

 about 10 miles from Ait and! Oral railway stations. 

 Area. The block includes land from four villages as follows : 



Acres. Acres. 



Sikri ... ... 1,700 Kamtha ... ... 1,500 



Kahta ... ... 1,100 Makrecha ... ... 400 



Total area ... 4,700 

 Ownership. These villages are owned by a number of resident 



pattidars, chiefly Thakurs, Brahmans and Lodhis. 

 Reasons for selection. The areas is opposite the junction of the 

 Dhasan and Betwa rivers, close to which the existing 

 Thorro and Burmain forest reserves are situated. It is 

 within a mile of the Hamirpur branch of the Betwa 

 canal from which waste water should be available. It 



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