Kerala has initiated steps to provide land titles (patta) to the Koraga community, a scheduled tribe (ST) group in Kasaragod and Manjeswaram taluks.
The initiative comes under a project called Operation Smile.
For this operation, it will be utilising the corpus fund of the Scheduled Tribes Development department.
The Koraga population in the district totals 1,706 individuals across 539 families.
The Operation Smile will involve surveyors and officers from the gram panchayat, tribal extensions and village offices, as well as community elders and promoters.