Resettlement issues in water resources development: An empirical study of the lower Suktel irrigation project, Orissa
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30/11/2008
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Social Change
The Lower Suktel Irrigation Project, which commenced in late 1990s, aims to provide irrigation and potable water to the drought prone district Bolangir. It will fully submerge 16 villages and 10 villages partially, affecting 4160 families including 1222 families belonging to the scheduled tribes. The progress is slow, partly due to the problems pertaining to land acquisition and compensation payment. In the absence of any visible resettlement effort on the ground and fearing the largely negative impact from the dam, people have turned against it.