Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Rehabilitation of Families Displaced due to Sardar Sarovar Project
Posted On:
10 AUG 2017 3:02PM by PIB Delhi
Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R & R) of all Project Affected Families (PAFs) due to Sardar Sarovar Project has been completed as per Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal Award, liberalized R & R policies of the State Governments of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 8th February, 2017and Grievances Redressal Authorities (GRA) Orders.
The State wise details are as under :-
|
State
|
No. of Villages affected
|
Total PAFs
|
Total PAFs resettled in
|
Total PAFs resettled
|
|
Gujarat
|
Maha-rashtra
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
Gujarat
|
19
|
4763
|
4763
|
0
|
0
|
4763
|
|
Maharashtra
|
33
|
4307
|
754
|
3530
|
0
|
4284+23*
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
178
|
23614
|
5551
|
0
|
18063
|
23614
|
|
Total
|
230
|
32684
|
11068
|
3530
|
18063
|
32684
|
* Remaining 23 PAFs in Maharashtra comprise 03 dead with no legal heirs and 20 untraceable. Adequate house plots and 99 hectare (ha) (against 35 ha required) of agriculture land is available to resettle them.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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