How is rehabilitation of displaced population carried out due to dam on narmada river?

Answer 1

The Social Science project is mainly for tehri dam and narmada bsed dams

The usual migration from the hills to the plains from the sub-mergence area, the government servants transferred from the hills, and the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) employees has all been shown as the uprooted and rehabilitated people. Besides all the expenses on government office buildings have been shown as expenses on rehabilitation till sheds were erected at Koti colony at a cost of Rs. 1 crore. The employees of the JP Company are living in these sheds, though these were meant for the uprooted people. This expense was charged to the rehabilitation budget. The employees of the company are using hundreds of flats though these were charged to the rehabilitation budget. There should be an investigation into the savings to the company in housing allowances and the revenue earned to the directorate of rehabilitation from the sale of shops and flats. Only last year the directorate sold shops and flats amounting to Rs. 3 crores. In the 11 years from 1990 to 2000 the rehabilitation work was with the water development corporation and it has earned revenue worth crores of rupees. It needs to be told where the amount has been spent. The corporation disowns it's own orders in this respect. These orders had laid down that constructed houses at appropriate places would be provided to the families whose houses have been or will be acquired. Cost of construction and the cost of land of these houses were to be charged to the scheme for which the land would be acquired.

The most harassed are the original residents of the area of submergence who did not receive either proper compensation or proper residence and who are even today not in a position to go anywhere else.

The history of the dam tells us that its costs doubled every 6 years, but the rehabilitation budget is stationary. The Bungalow constructed for the district magistrate has claimed Rs. 47 lakh till date and the Bungalow for the Superintendent of Police Rs. 43 lakhs..... By Kailash Jordan (kv No1)