Presented by:

Vishal Singh
Patyal
50702520

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 1951-90 - 21.6Mn…Dams & Canals
+
Mining… 2.1 Mn
+
Industries Thermal Plants+Sanctuaries+
Defense Installation.. 2.4Mn
=

26 Mn
“Development-Related
Indians
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  75% displaced were still
awaiting rehabilitation
 Policy does not include
who are effected but do
not own land i.e.
 Landless Labourers
 Fisherfolk
 Artisans
 Peasants losing land to
moneylenders not included
in victim of displaced
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 “Resource
Dispossessed”
Koya Tribe…Orissa
Bansode….Madhya Pradesh

“Cut off Bamboo by law”

Official Theology:

“This is the price of development,you want to

make Progress ,you have to sacrifice”

 Tribals constitute 8% of Population – yet 40 % are

displaced
 1 in every 10 tribals is a displaced person
 Dam Project Alone displaced 1Mn Adivasis 4
 Senior Advisor World Bank

Processes affecting the displaced

include:
 Landlessness, unemployment&
homelessness
Loss of food security
Increase level of illness & disease
Loss to access common property
i.e. water & grazing grounds
Network &Assets get dismantled

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 Anually worldwide Forced displacement- 10Mn (Dam +Urban

Transportation)
 Unfair to treat issues of refugees &development- displaced as

competing problem“Life destroyed, families spilt up, people in

hunger”
 UN resolution 1993- force eviction “Gross violation of human

rights” “No UN funds spend on Refugees of

development”

 Uprooted by conflict &evicted by development have common

things “Women ,Children, Aged are more at

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  Right to Liberty
 Right to choice
 Right to livelihood

As a result
Promotes Discrimination & mocks equality
before law

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 Palamau &Koraput districts - Pittance on
Compensation

“Land Acquisition Act 1894 & Coal

Bearing Act”
No Challenge

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 Sekuapani,Gumla Bihar

 Temporary Army ‘s fire

test firing range

 Compensation- Rs 1.50

 Army Decided to make Range

Permanent one
 Acquiring 1,62,000 acres in Palamau
&Gumla
As a result it Displaces thousands of Munda, Oraon, Asur,Birjia &
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Kisan tribals
 Damaged Crops loss Rs7,000 per acre

 Stolen Chicken

 Danger of bomb shells (Less than 24

hr Notice)

 Land prices are falling

 Betla national park& Project tiger

Reserve also effected ..deforestation

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“Hum jaan de denge,lekin
zamin nahin denge”

Ironically if Project Scrapped its because:

Environmental Consideration

Army Financial Constraints

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Faced displacement 3
times!!!!!!!!!!!! Gadaba
tribal

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 Much Lower Compensation

Rs 150 per acre for hilly land

Rs 450 per acre for class 1 land

 No jobs given …Promised

 Caste certificate based on domicile

certificates

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 NALCO Machkund hydro-electric
Project Project

Out of 2,938 families displaced only 600 were Rehabilitated

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Malkangiri (Orissa) Ko
ya
Tri
be

Poorest district
 Dependent on bamboo
 Social & Economic oxygen

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  Denied Access of koya tribe to bamboo

 Seek Large quantities of bamboo for paper

“Why cut off the koyas from bamboo

while allowing private companies to
access it?”
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 Things they made from bamboo:
Umbrella
basket of vegetables
basket used in measuring of rice
Flute
Fish trap
Bag to carry fish
Food &Medical purposes
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“Physical displacement is not only the action
leading to destruction of people livelihood &
culture”

“Cutting them off from their most vital

resources can also produce those results well”
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 Luaria &
Fellow Bhilala
Jalsindhi,Jhabua Madhya Tribals
Pradesh

Benefits of forests for

tribals:
Firewood
Fodder
Herbs &medicines
Flowers for making wines

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 Teak &bamboo…houses
 Riches… baskets, cots, plough& hoes
 Trees,leaves herbs ,roots…medicines

“Moving from this place to Gujarat they have to spend minimum

Rs800 a month to sustain present lifestyle partially”
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 No development ,Since
independence
 Hurts Financially
 Disrupts them culturally
 Leaves individually in
small groups
 Broken Promises
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“193 villages will go down in M.P”

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 The Sardar Sarovar dam
height will be raised to
110m. This will displace
12,000 families without
any resettlement or
displacement program.

 Protests are a regular

occurrence and they will
continue to do so until the
dam is stopped.

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