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Rehabilitation and Resettlement in Tehri Hydro Power Project-India
A Amarender Reddy, Radhika Rani, Timothy Cadman
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research institute, new Delhi; National Institute of Rural development, India;
Griffith University, Australia
[email protected]; [email protected]
Results
Introduction
Large scale land acquisition and
involuntary displacement for
development projects like mega
irrigation, hydro power and other
infrastructure projects is always a
politically sensitive issue in developing
countries like India.
It is well documented that the project
affected people, families and
communities disproportionately bear the
costs of development. It is important to
provide better alternatives for overall
development of the project affected
families and communities as the
displacement involve not only economic
and social deprivation but also
emotional breakdown of the project
affected people.
Materials and methods
1. This paper explains the land
acquisition procedures, norms and
the current status of implementation
for the rehabilitation and
resettlement for different household
categories and communities.
2. It examined whether the
rehabilitation and resettlement
package for different families and
communities provided for basic
social and economic needs of the
project affected people?
3. What are the practical problems in
implementing the rehabilitation
package?
4. What is the status of the project
effected people after habilitation
compared to before dam
construction?
Acknowledgements
Tehri Hydro Power Project
effected people
1. The study shows that the overall socio-economic conditions of the affected
people have been better than the place of origin. Access to schooling, school
infrastructure and the education levels improved in the resettled New Tehri
Town as wells as in the new villages.
2. Access to land of those who opted ‘land for land’ increased both in terms of
average size and in irrigation facilities. Instances of growing three crops
including high value vegetable crops by marginal farmers with an average of
half an acre of land was observed. And land values in the resettled villages
were much higher than at the origin.
3. Overall housing conditions improved, and landless households were provided
free one-room pucca houses. New employment opportunities were available
especially for those migrating to the urban settlement. There was smooth social
assimilation of displaced persons in their new villages where they were
resettled.
4. Overall consumption levels and access to food, and access to health facilities,
and quality and connectivity of roads were better except in a few villages which
are cut-off by the new reservoir.
Conclusions
Government of India is unable to pass
The Right to Fair Compensation and
Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement
(Amendment) Bill, 2015 due to the
concerns of various political parties, nongovernment organizations and civil society
regarding the provisions for rights of
farmers and other vulnerable sections of
the society like tribal communities etc.
This paper try to give some policy solutions
for a proper rehabilitation and
resettlement of the large public and private
projects by intensively examining the
rehabilitation policies and packages and
their implementation at grassroots level.
The paper specifically focuses on the
vulnerable groups like unemployed,
landless laborers; old aged persons, small
and marginal farmers for effective policy
implementation. The paper also deals with
development of community and social
services in the rehabilitated communities
for better life quality.
Literature cited: Reddy, A. A. (2016).
Rehabilitation and Resettlement in Tehri Hydro
Power Project. Partridge Publishing.
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