CHAPTER 14 RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION PLAN 14.1 AFFECTED FAMILIES The total affected family may be categorized as fully affected and partially affected. Fully affected families are those who will be losing their houses and entire land. The families who are losing their homestead will be required resettlement. The partially affected families are those who will lose their part of land, required for the construction of the project. 14.1.1 Fully Affected Families As presented in the EIA report five villages falling in the submergence areas of Dibang Multipurpose Project will be fully affected. The number of the families inhabiting in these villages are 72. The total population of these households is 243. The total land of these families are 938.8 ha (868 ha village land + 70.8 ha agricultural land). The village wise details are given in the Table14.1. Seventy two families staying in five villages are to be relocated. Table 14.1: Number of Families and Composition of Affected Villages Villages Total Families Male Female Ratio (Per Thousand Males) Total New Anaya 36 64 59 922 123 Sukla Nagar 19 33 37 1121 70 Eprali 3 6 4 667 10 Kano 7 13 12 923 25 Peely 7 7 8 1143 15 Total 72 123 120 976 243 According to the table 14.1 it was seen that among all the five villages the highest population was in New Anaya village followed by Sukla Nagar, Kano, Peely and Eprali respectively. 14.1.2 Partially Affected Families Due to project activities some 14 families will be partially affected having a National Productivity Council, Guwahati 14-1
population of 58. The total lands of these families are estimated as 557 ha and also an additional land area of 1108.9 ha of community land will be affected. 14.2 RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION MEASURES The process of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R &R) has two distinct components, viz. resettlement and rehabilitation. The resettlement package broadly includes assistance to PAFs for shifting to new sites and providing essential civic amenities and services. On the other hand, rehabilitation package is conceptualized around a development strategy with long-term perspective. The basic thrust of this strategy is to bring about a socio economic transformation of the PAFs so as to improve the quality of their life. As a part of the field studies, the information on awareness about the project amongst the PAFs and their impending displacement was also collected. As a part of the survey in the submergence area, the PAFs opinions were taken regarding R & R. This was done to primarily understand what the PAFs looked forward to as compensation for the loss they are likely to bear. As mention earlier, about 72 families will be losing their homestead and their entire land in five villages. Majority of them are involved in wet rice cultivation and jhum cultivation. So they would have to be compensated for their cultivable land as well as homestead. Following R & R measures are proposed: 1. Project Affected Families will be resettled to a new location of their choice. The resettlement colony shall be selected in consultation with the District / State Administration. 2. Cultivable land: One hectare land to be provided to each fully affected family. The PAF will be compensated for remaining cultivable land coming under submergence. If the land is not available the cost @ Rs. 1.75 lakh/ha shall be provided. 3. Homestead land: Each fully affected family will be provided homestead land of 200 sq m (0.02 ha) in resettlement site. 4. House construction grant: A sum of Rs. 1.5 lakh (Rupees One lakh fifty thousand only) will be paid to each displaced fully affected family National Productivity Council, Guwahati 14-2
for the construction of houses in the resettlement colony. 5. Landless grant @ Rs. 50,000 per PAF will be given to PAFs rendered landless after acquisition. 6. Eligible person grant to @ Rs. 40,000 per PAF will be given to PAFs left with less than 1 ha land after land acquisition. 7. House shifting grant: The PAFs will be allowed to retrieve materials from their original house. In addition an amount of Rs. 20,000 per PAF will be given to each fully affected family as house shifting grant (transportation grant). 8. Financial assistance @ Rs. 15,000 per PAF will be given for construction of cattle shed. 9. Land development charges @ Rs. 20,000 per PAF will be given. 10. Livelihood grant of 1000 days minimum agricultural wages (MAW) @ Rs. 100/day (tentative) to PAFs rendered landless after land acquisition. 11. Livelihood grant of 750 days minimum agricultural wages (MAW) @ Rs. 100/day (tentative) to PAFs left with less than 1 ha of land after acquisition. 12. Monthly subsistence allowance @ Rs. 2,000 per month for one year will be given to fully affected families. 13. Infrastructure facilities: In addition to above, the following infrastructure is proposed to be developed in the resettlement colony: - Piped water supply - Community toilets - Sewage treatment facilities & sewerage system - Electrification - Shopping complex - Primary health centre (PHC) / Hospital - Community centre - Vocational activity centre - School complex including playground - Children park - Avenue plantation & block plantation - Approach road up to resettlement colony National Productivity Council, Guwahati 14-3
- Internal roads in resettlement colony - Irrigation facilities 14. Vocational training and scholarship shall be provided for PAFs. 15. For land of partially affected families and for community land compensation will be given @ Rs. 1.75 lakh/ha. (Budget for this has already been kept in DPR under B-land). 14.3 BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR RESETTLEMENT & REHABILITATION The budget estimate for implementing the R & R plan is given below in Table 14.2. Table 14.2: Budget for Resettlement & Rehabilitation Plan Budget for Resettlement & Rehabilitation Plan S. No. Parameter Criteria No. Unit Cost Rs. lakhs) Total Cost (Rs. lakhs.) 1 Land for Agriculture 1 ha/paf 72 1.75/ ha 126.00 2 Homestead land 0.02 ha/paf 72 1.75/ha 2.52 3 House construction grant Rs. 1.5 lakh/paf 72 108.00 4 Landless grant to PAFs Rs. 50,000/PAF 72 36.00 rendered landless after acquisition 5 Eligible person grant to PAFs Rs. 40,000/PAF 14 5.60 left with less than 1 ha land after land acquisition 6 House shifting grant Rs. 20,000/PAF 72 14.40 (Transportation grant) 7 Financial assistance for Rs. 15,000/PAF 87 13.05 construction of cattle shed 8 Land development charges Rs. 20,000/PAF 87 17.40 (land development, seeds, fertilizers) 9 Livelihood grant to PAFs 1000 days MAW 72 72.00 National Productivity Council, Guwahati 14-4
rendered landless after land @ Rs. 100/day acquisition 10 Livelihood grant to PAFs left 750 days MAW @ 14 10.50 with less than 1 ha of land after acquisition Rs. 100/day 11 Monthly subsistence Rs. 2,000/month 72 17.28 allowance to PAFs for 1 year 12 Water supply For resettlement 10.00 13 Community toilets 1 per 5 PAFs 15 0.50 7.50 14 Development of sewage For resettlement 8.00 treatment system including drainage system 15 Electrification For resettlement 20.00 16 Construction of shopping complex For resettlement 1 5.00 17 Construction of PHC/ Hospitals For resettlement 18 Construction of community For resettlement centre 19 Construction of vocational For resettlement activity centre 20 School Complex including For resettlement play ground 21 Children's park For resettlement 22 Avenue plantation & block For resettlement plantation 23 Approach road up to For resettlement resettlement site 24 Internal roads in the For resettlement resettlement colony 2 20.00 40.00 1 10.00 10.00 1 5.00 5.00 2 20.00 40.00 2 2.00 4.00 1 1.00 1.00 1 20.00 20.00 1 2.50 2.50 National Productivity Council, Guwahati 14-5
25 Irrigation facilities to PAFs 20.00 26 Scholarship/vocational 50.00 training to PAFs 27 Monitoring & Evaluation 5.00 Total 670.75 Say, 671.00 National Productivity Council, Guwahati 14-6