BHUBANESWAR: Hundreds of displaced
people of the Multi Purpose Hirkud Big Dam Project led by the Budi Anchal
Sangram Samittee (BASS) staged rally at the Lower PMG here on Saturday demanding
fulfillment of all the promises made by the State Government for rehabilitation
and resettlement of around 26, 561 families of 369 villages displaced from undivided
Sambalpur district.
BASS president Basudev Bhoi said
that during the displacement for the project in 1955-56 only around 11, 000
families were settled themselves in the periphery of the Hirakud Reservoir out
of 26,561 families. In the absence of proper Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Policy in the State during the period, private lands were acquired applying
Special Land Acquisition Act in a throw away price starting from 18.12 paise to
maximum of 100 rupees per acre, he added.
“So far the payment of compensation
is concern, till date 9,944 displaced families have not been paid compensation.
Due to our consistent struggle, State had once decided to pay ex-gratia to 3,540
families only in March 11, 1993, sanctioning Rs 2, 66, 00000 leaving 6,404
displaced families,” said Bhoi, adding, “However, many families among these 3,540
families have not yet received the compensation amount.”
Following the protest rally, the
BASS submitted a memorandum to the Revenue Minister and once again requested to
resolve all the outstanding problems of Hirakud displaced families and to
fulfill all those promises which were made by the State to displaced people from
time to time.
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