development related displacement

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Presented by:

Vishal SinghPatyal

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1951-90 - 21.6MnDams & Canals

+Mining 2.1 Mn

+Industries Thermal Plants+Sanctuaries+

Defense Installation.. 2.4Mn=

26 Mn

IndiansDevelopment-Related

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75% displaced were stillawaiting rehabilitation

Policy does not includewho are effected but do

not own land i.e. Landless Labourers Fisherfolk Artisans Peasants losing land to

moneylenders not includedin victim of displaced

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Koya TribeOrissaBansode.Madhya Pradesh

Cut off Bamboo by law

Resource

Dispossessed

Official Theology:

This is the price of development,you want tomake Progress ,you have to sacrifice

Tribals constitute 8% of Population yet 40 % aredisplaced

1 in every 10 tribals is a displaced person

Dam Project Alone displaced 1Mn Adivasis 4


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Processes affecting the displaced

include: Landlessness, unemployment&homelessnessLoss of food security

Increase level of illness & diseaseLoss to access common propertyi.e. water & grazing groundsNetwork &Assets get dismantled

Senior Advisor World Bank

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Anually worldwide Forced displacement- 10Mn (Dam +Urban

Transportation)

Unfair to treat issues of refugees &development- displaced as

competing problem

UN resolution 1993- force eviction Gross violation of human

rights

Uprooted by conflict &evicted by development have common

things

Life destroyed, families spilt up, people inhunger

No UN funds spend on Refugees ofdevelopment

Women ,Children, Aged are more at

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Right to Liberty Right to choice

Right to livelihood

Promotes Discrimination & mocks equalitybefore law

As a result

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Palamau &Koraput districts - Pittance on

Compensation

Land Acquisition Act 1894 & CoalBearing ActNo Challenge

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Temporary Army s fire

test firing range

Compensation- Rs 1.50

Army Decided to make RangePermanent one

Acquiring 1,62,000 acres in Palamau&GumlaAs a result it Displaces thousands of Munda, Oraon, Asur,Birjia &

Kisan tribals

Sekuapani,Gumla Biha

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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,lekinzamin nahin denge

Ironically if Project Scrapped its because:

Environmental Consideration

Army Financial Constraints

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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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NALCOProject

Machkund hydro-electriProject

Out of 2,938 families displaced only 600 were Rehabilitated14


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Poorest district

Dependent on bamboo Social & Economic oxygen

Malkangiri (Orissa) KoyaTribe

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Denied Access of koya tribe to bamboo

Seek Large quantities of bamboo for paper

Why cut off the koyas from bamboowhile allowing private companies to

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Things they made from bamboo:Umbrellabasket of vegetablesbasket used in measuring of rice

FluteFish trapBag to carry fishFood &Medical purposes

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Physical displacement is not only the actionleading to destruction of people livelihood &

culture

Cutting them off from their most vitalresources can also produce those results well

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Benefits of forests fortribals:FirewoodFodder

Herbs &medicinesFlowers for making wines

Jalsindhi,Jhabua MadhyaPradesh

Luaria &

Fellow BhilalaTribals

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Teak &bamboohouses Riches baskets, cots, plough& hoes Trees,leaves herbs ,rootsmedicines

Moving from this place to Gujarat they have to spend minimumRs800 a month to sustain present lifestyle partially

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No development ,Since

independence

Hurts Financially

Disrupts them culturally

Leaves individually insmall 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 to110m. This will displace

12,000 families withoutany resettlement or

displacement program.

Protests are a regular

occurrence and they willcontinue to do so until the

dam is stopped.

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