Ministry of Power21-March, 2013 20:25 IST
Persons displaced and affected by Hydro & Thermal Power Projects.

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The details of the persons displaced and affected by Hydro and Thermal Power Projects in the North Eastern States, State-wise, are given below:

 

Sl. No.

Name of Project

State

No. of Project Affected Persons

1.

Ranganadi Hydro Electric (H.E) Project, 405 MW

Arunachal Pradesh

297

2.

Kameng H.E. Project, 600 MW

Arunachal Pradesh

99

3.

Pare H.E. Project, 110 MW

Arunachal Pradesh

38

4.

Tripura Gas Based Power Project, 100 MW

Tripura

21

5.

Subansiri  Lower HEP, 2000 MW

Arunachal Pradesh

77

 

           Government of India have notified the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) Policy, 2007 on 31.10.2007.  The policy addresses the need to provide relief to the rural poor, support the rehabilitation efforts of the resource poor sections, namely small and marginal farmers, SCs/STs and women who have been displaced.  Besides, it seeks to provide a broad canvas for an effective dialogue between the Project Affected Families and the Administration for Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) to enable timely completion of project with a sense of definiteness as regards costs and adequate attention to the needs of the displaced persons.

                        The financial assistance provided are as under:

 

Sl. No.

Name of Project

Details of R&R

1.

Kameng H.E. Project, 600 MW

R&R scheme is being implemented through the State Government. Out of the total R&R cost of Rs.733 lakhs, an amount of Rs.497.58 lakhs has been released in three phases.


2.

Pare H.E. Project, 110 MW

R&R scheme is being implemented through the State Government. An amount of Rs.2.56 Crores has been released against land and other assets for construction of Model Village. Construction of infrastructure for the proposed Model Village under the R&R Plan has been estimated to be Rs.14.92 Crores out of which an amount of Rs.5.00 Crores has been released.


 

3.

Subansiri Lower HEP (2000 MW)

The full & final compensation to the affected families have been paid to State Govt. in Dec. 2009.

 

Appointments are made in group (c) & (d) posts through the local Employment Exchanges where the projects are located and preferences are given to the land affected people if otherwise found eligible.

 

            In case of Subansiri Lower HE Project in Arunachal Pradesh, 50 persons have been provided permanent employment

 

This information was given by MoS (I/C) Power Sh. Jyotirditya M. Scindia in Lok Sabha today.

 

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(Release ID :94168)