GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 2750

ANSWERED ON 04.08.2014

Rehabilitation of villages due to Polavaram Project

2750 Shri Palvai Govardhan Reddy

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state :-

(a) the details of each mandal, with villages, transferred to Andhra Pradesh due to Polavaram Project;

(b) whether it is a fact that there are some villages which are not going to be submerged if the Project is constructed;

(c) if so, the reasons for transferring such villages to Andhra Pradesh; and

(d) the details of compensation proposed to be paid to persons who are dislocated, village-wise?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION; PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND TEXTILES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE).

(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) The details of each mandal with number of villages transferred due to Polavaram Project, as per information provided by the Government of Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure-I.

(b)&(c) Government of Andhra Pradesh has informed that out of 325 Revenue Villages transferred to the residual State of Andhra Pradesh, only 193 Revenue Villages would come under submergence of Indira Sagar Polavaram Project. They have further informed that these Revenue Villages which are not going to be submerged, have been transferred for locating the new Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Centers to provide compensation to the Project Affected Families (PAFs).

(d) Government of Andhra Pradesh has informed that project affected families/displaced families are extended rehabilitation and resettlement benefits as per Andhra Pradesh Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2005 as per Annexure-II.


Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Unstarred Question No. 2750 to be answered on 04.08.2014 in the RajyaSabha regarding “Rehabilitation of Villages due to Polavaram Project”

NAMES OF MANDALS AND NUMBER OF VILLAGES TRANSFERRED DUE TO POLAVARAM PROJECT.

Sl. No / Division / Name of the Mandal / No. of Revenue Villages transferred to Residual State of Andhra Pradesh
1 / Palvancha / Velairpadu (Full) / 21
Kukunuru (Full) / 20
Bhurgampadu (Partial) / 06
Sub-Total / 47
2 / Bhadrachalam / Bhadrachalam (Partial) / 70
Kunavaram (Full) / 57
Chintoor (Full) / 89
V.R. Puram (Full) / 62
Sub-Total / 278
Grand Total / 325

Annexure–II

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (d) of the Unstarred Question No. 2750 to be answered on 04.08.2014 in the RajyaSabha regarding “Rehabilitation of Villages due to Polavaram Project”

BENEFITS PROVIDED TO PROJECT AFFECTED FAMILIES (PAF) / DISPLACED FAMILIES AS PER ANDHRA PRADESH STATE POLICY-2005.

Prescribed item/ Issue / Andhra Pradesh State Policy - 2005
House site / Rural: 202 Square Metres
Urban: 75 Square Metres
Transportation charges / Rs. 5000/-
Financial Assistance for cattle shed / Rs. 15000/-
Financial Assistance for construction of work shed/shops / Rs. 25000/-
House construction grant for BPL/APL families / Rs.53000/- (50000+3000)
Additional Financial Assistance to BPL families / Assistance under Indira AwasYojana (IAY) Scheme as applicable
Allotment of land against land acquired / 2.5 Hectare (Ha) of dry Land
1.25 Ha of wet land
Financial assistance for 1 Ha waste/degraded land for land development / Rs. 10000/-
Financial assistance for 1 Ha wet land for agriculture production / Rs. 5000/-
P.A.F (land less) – (Minimum Agricultural) Min. Agl. Wages / 750 days
P.A.F (marginal farmers) – Min. Agl. Wages / 500 days
P.A.F (Small farmers) – Min. Agl. Wages / 375 days
Agriculture labour – Min.Agl. Wages / 625 days
Subsistence allowance to displaced families – Min. Agl. Wages / 240 days
Vulnerable persons (Annuity policy) / Rs. 500/- monthly pension
R & R Benefits for project affected families of scheduled Tribes
Govt. shall acquire land in the project benefited area in lieu of acquired land restricting to the extent. / 2.5 Ha dry or 1.25 Ha wet land or to the extent of land acquired whichever is lower.
Additional financial assistance for loss of their customary rights/ usage of forest produce. Each non tribal PAF each non tribal PAF who is a member of a registered Fishermen co operative society/ fishing license holders in the affected zone and who lost fishing rights and livelihood shall bet additional financial assistance equivalent to 500 days minimum agriculture wages for loss of fishing rights. / 500 days minimum agriculture wages
Tribal PAFs resettled outside the district or outside tribal area will get higher R&R benefits in monetary terms. / 25 %.
The Tribal families residing in the project affected areas having fishing rights in the river/ pond / dam shall be given.
The non tribal families in the project affected areas having fishing rights in the river/ pond / dam who is a member of registered fishermen co operative society/ fishing license holders shall be given fishing rights in the reservoir area project Affected areas having fishing rights in the river/ pond/ dam shall be given. / Fishing rights in the reservoir.
Tribal Development Plan – Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) / In Case of project involving land acquisition on behalf of a requiring body which involves involuntary displacement of two hundred or more Scheduled Tribal families, a Tribal Development Plan shall be prepared, in such form as may be prescribed, laying down the detailed procedure for settling land rights due but not settled and restoring titles of tribal on alienated land by undertaking a special drive together with land acquisition. The plan shall also contain programme for development of alternate fuel, fodder and non-timber forest produce (NTFP) resources on non-forest lands within period of five years sufficient to meet requirements of tribal communities who are denied access to forests.
Skill Development Training / Proposed training programme for development of entrepreneurship, technical & professional skills for self employment.
CONSTITUTIONAL BENEFITS TO SCHEDULED TRIBE (ST) Project Affected Persons (PAPs) AT THE RE-SETTELEMENT CENTRE: / The PAPs shall enjoy all the constitutional benefits at new settlement also to which they were entitled to at the village that was acquire for the project.
Draft Scheme / Plan for R&R in Scheduled Areas / The Consultation with the Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate level in the Scheduled Areas under Schedule V of the Constitution shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas), Act, 1996(40 of 1996).
In cases of involuntary displacement of two hundred or more Scheduled Tribes families from their land and houses in Scheduled Areas, the concerned Tribal Advisory Councils may also be consulted.

Further, Government of Andhra Pradesh provides to all the PAFs/displaced families under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 the following.

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No / Elements of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Entitlements / Entitlements / Provisions
1 / Housing units in case of displacement. / 1)  House is lost in rural areas, a constructed house shall be provided as per the Indira AwasYojana (IAY) specifications. If a house is lost in urban areas, a constructed house shall be provided, which will be not less than 50 Square Metres in plinth area.
2)  Any such family in urban areas which opts not to take the house offered shall get a one-time financial assistance for house construction, which shall not be less than one lakh fifty thousand rupees.
Any affected family in rural areas so prefers, the equivalent cost of the house may be offered in lieu of the constructed house.
2 / Land for Land / In every project those persons losing land and belonging to the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribes will be provided land equivalent to land acquired or two and a one-half acres, whichever is lower.
3 / Offer for Developed Land / Land is acquired for urbanization purpose, twenty per cent of the developed land will be reserved and offered to land owning project affected families, in proportion to the area of their land acquired and at a price equal to the cost of acquisition and the cost of development.
4 / Choice of annuity or Employment / (a)  Where jobs are created through the project, after providing suitable training and skill development in the required field, make provision for employment at a rate not lower than the minimum wages provided for in any other law for the time being in force, to at least one member per affected family in the project or arrange for a job in such other project as may be required, or
(b)  Onetime payment of five lakh rupees per affected family, or
(c)  Annuity policies that shall pay not less than two thousand rupees per month per family for twenty years, with appropriate indexation to the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers.
5 / Subsistence grant for displaced families for a period of one year / Three thousand rupees per month for a period of one year from the date of award.
SC’s and STs displaced from Scheduled Areas shall receive an amount equivalent to fifty thousand rupees.
6 / Transportation cost for displaced families. / One time financial assistance of fifty thousand rupees as transportation cost for shifting of the family, building materials, belongings and cattle.
7 / Cattle shed/ petty shops cost / Petty shop shall get one time financial assistance of such amount as the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify subject to a minimum of twenty five thousand rupees for construction of cattle shed or petty shop as the case may be.
8 / One time grant to artisan, small traders and certain others / Each affected family of an artisan, small trader or self employed person or an affected family which owned non agricultural land or commercial, industrial or institutional structure in the affected area, and which has been involuntarily displaced from the affected area due to land acquisition, shall get one time financial assistance of such amount as the appropriate government may, by notification, specify subject to a minimum of twenty five thousand rupees.
9 / Fishing rights / The affected families may be allowed fishing rights in the reservoirs.
10 / One time Resettlement Allowance / Each affected family shall be given a onetime Resettlement Allowance of fifty thousand rupees only.
11 / Stamp duty and registration fee / 1)  The stamp duty and other fees payable for registration of the land or house allotted to the affected families shall be borne by the Requiring Body.
2)  The land for house allotted to the affected families shall be free from all encumbrances.
3)  The land or house allotted may be in the joint names of wife and husband of the affected family.