A list giving details of projects for which clearance has
been issued by Ministry of Tribal Affairs during the last three years along
with tribal people affected for Resettlement and Rehabilitation is given below:
Projects
for which clearance has been issued along with the number of tribal people
affected for Resettlement and Rehabilitation
|
S. No.
|
Name of Project
|
Location
|
No. of Villages to be submerged
|
Total No. of Project Oustees
|
No. of ST project Oustees
|
Proposed Benefits
|
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
|
1
|
Jigon Irrigation Project
|
Distt. – Buldana, Maharashtra
|
22
|
6089 families 27600 Population
|
778 families 3805 Population
|
Irrigation Drinking Water
|
|
2
|
Lakhwar Multipurpose Irrigation & Water Supply
Project,
|
Distt. – Dehradun, Uttarakhand
|
12
|
648 families 6716 Population
|
141 families 1489 Population
|
Irrigation Drinking Water
|
|
3
|
Lower Penganga Project
|
Distt.- Yavatmal and Nanded Maharashtra
|
--
|
8136 families 36809 Population
|
2448 families 8419 Population
|
Irrigation
|
|
4
|
Shivasamudram Run of the River Power (SRRP) Project
|
Distt. – Chamrajanagar Karnataka
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Power Project
|
|
5
|
Upper Parvara Project
|
Distt. – Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
|
10
|
655 families 6337 Population
|
394 families 3978 Population
|
Irrigation project
|
Special provisions have been made in Section 41 of the
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation
& Resettlement Act, 2013 stipulating preparation of Development Plan laying
down the details of procedure for settling land rights due, but not settled and
restoring titles of the Scheduled Tribes as well as the Scheduled Castes on the
alienated land by undertaking a special drive together with land acquisition.
Further, Section 19 of the aforesaid Act provides that for publication of
declaration and summary of Rehabilitation & Resettlement, the Requiring
Body will deposit the amount towards cost of acquisition of land as prescribed
by the appropriate Government.
This information is given today by Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Ministry Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava in Rajya
Sabha.
MP:SS:rk (Project) 17.07.2014