PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS ECONOMIC REHABILITATION PLAN (PAPERP)

Prepared by Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, September 2005

9.01     The implementation of PAPERP requires multi-disciplinary approach with various subject matter specialists drawn from different line departments.  The area likely to get submerged requires acquisition of land, houses and other assets, making the affected people displaced from their original habitat.  The entire social fabric of the affected people gets distorted and they need to be involuntarily resettled at a new locale closer to the existing environs.  Identification of suitable resettlement site nearer to the project acceptable to the affected people may be a difficult task.  However, motivational and suggestive measures through active involvement of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) would ease the situation making them amenable and appreciate the rationale for the project and thus mentally preparing them for shifting to the identified new location where the resettlement colony is constructed for the displaced.

9.02     The project affects 44,574 families in 277 settlements who need resettlement and economic rehabilitation support.  There are 21,109 ST families who need land for land compensation besides resettlement.  The benefits of ongoing developmental programmes meant for scheduled tribes may be extended to these affected households.  The other identified affected households do require access to the ongoing development programmes from the DRDA, IKP SC Corporation, BC Corporation and other line Departments.  The resettlement and economic rehabilitation programme designed for the affected households under the project need to be implemented with utmost sincerity and seriousness with a view to enabling the affected lot to regain their former levels of Socio-economic living standards. 

9.03     The Construction of reservoir would not only displace the existing households but also cause great morbidity to the household by loss of land, loss of production, loss of income and loss of age old avocation.  Such mitigative measures need to be tackled meticulously through suitably designed economic rehabilitation measures to the affected households with a view to restore their former levels of Socio-economic living conditions.  The implementation of economic rehabilitation plan requires the support of various line departments like agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, rural industry, etc.  Besides provision of individual household level economic asset grant, it also requires a group approach by opting for group oriented income earning programmes to provide sustained income to the households.  Formation of women thrift groups on similar lines of IKP would also help the empowerment of rural women. 

9.04     The reservoir fisheries proposed in the project would facilitate production of more fish and provide employment to large number of fishermen.  The fisheries department should assist in identification of suitable fishermen mostly drawn from the project affected families.

9.05     Health and hygiene may pose a big problem in the project area due to stagnation of water in the reservoir making it a healthy ground for breeding, leading to waterborne diseases like malaria, cholera, diarrhoea, etc.  Disease surveillance, suitable preventive and curative measures in the pre and post project conditions and also during construction phase would minimise such occurrence. 

Demography

2.06     The total population of the Project Affected villages was 2,36,834 according to 2001 census.  The number of males was 1,17,321while that of females was 1,19,513 indicating a sex ratio of 1019 females for every 1000 males.  Among the affected villages, Chinthuru village of Kunavaram mandal in Khammam district has maximum population of 36,769.  Some villages are which having no population i.e. uninhabited villages.  The uninhabited villages are Peddapolipaka, Kondaigudem, Chuchirevulagudem and Laxmipuram of Kunavaram mandal of Khammam district and Chintharajupalle and Kotharugommu of V.R.Puram.  The SC and ST population constitute 29,796 (12.58%) and 1,25,934 (53.17%) respectively.  The overall population of SC and ST coming 65.75% to the total affected population. This indicates the area are predominate of SC and ST population. (p.35)

Demography

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Project Affected Families (PAFs)

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- Project affected persons economic rehabilitation plan (PAPERP) of Indirasagar (Polavaram) project, prepared by Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, Hyderabad, September 2005.