Lok Sabha Question No. 3868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Rehabilitation of Families Affected by National Projects
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3868

ANSWERED ON 03.01 .201 9

## REHABILITATION OF FA MILIES AFFECTED BY N ATIONAL PROJECTS

| 3868.   | SHRI SATAV RAJEEV SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH   | SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK   |
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Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether inefficient rehabilitation and resettlement measures have contributed to cos national water resource development projects and i f o, the details of cost escalation, project - wise along with the reasons therefor;

(b)  the  number  of  people/household  displaced  while  executing  water  resource  development since 2014, State/ project/year - wise;

(c) the details of the resettlement measures taken by the Government to rehabilitate people displace to construction of each of these projects during the said period;

(d) the percentage of water resources budget spent on rehabilitation of people during ea four years sinc e 2014, State - wise; and

(e)  the  details  of  percentage  of  Gross  Domestic  Product  spent  on  rehabilitation  and  re people displaced due to water resources development projects during each of the last fou 2014, State - wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) to (e) The Water Resources Projects are planned, funded, executed and maintained by the co State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priority. The land acquisitio Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) works of such projects are also carried out by the concerned State Governments.  In order to supplement their efforts, Government of India provides t financial assistance to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of wate through various sch emes and programmes.

The escalation in the cost of the projects depends upon various factors such as d inter - State  issues,  lack  of  adequate  resources  with  State  Governments,  delay  in  gettin clearances and revision ofcost due to LA and R&R, requirement of changes in design etc.

The Govt. of India during 2008 approved the scheme for funding of National Projec Sixteen projects have been identified as National projects. Out of these, 5 projects have been taken up for implementation from time to time after the concerned State Governments obtained the approvals as per guidelines of the Scheme.

Details of estimated cost of these projects are given below:

| Project                      | Presently Approved Cost of Components under NP (Rs. in Crore)              |
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| Polavaram Project            | 16010.45 * (PL 2010 - 11)                                                  |
| SaryuNaharPariyojna          | 5803.61 (PL 2016)                                                          |
| Gosikhurd Irrigation Project | 12770.09 (PL 2012 - 13 of WRD)                                             |
| Shahpurkandi Dam Project     | 2715.70 [cost of works of Irrigation Component Rs.564.632 crore (PL 2018)] |
| Teesta barrage Project       | 2988.61 (PL 2008)                                                          |

PL -Price Level.

* State Government has submitted revised cost estimate of Rs.57940.86 crore.  Rise mainly due to escalation in cost of LA and R&R.

Out of above projects, only Polavaram Irrigation Project (PIP), declared as National Proje under  Section  90  of  Andhra  Pradesh  Re - organisation  Act - 2014,  is  being  implemented by an Authority [Polavaram Project Authority (PPA)] constituted by this Ministry through State Govt of Andhra Pradesh . The works of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R& R) are being carried out by the State Govt. The State Govt. has set up district level grievance cell for sorting ou displaced people, if any.  Commissioner (R&R), Govt of Andhra Pradesh is the Appellate at State level to dispose of f any appeal against the decision(s) of district level grievance mechanism  is  aligned  with  Right  to  Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land  Acqui Rehabilitation  &  Resettlement  Act - 2013.  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  & Ganga Rejuvenation has also constituted a Monitoring Committee with Secretary, Ministry Affairs as its Chairperson on 12 th Sep, 2017 to oversee the implementation of LA and R&R works.

There are 1,05,601 Project Displaced Families (PDFs) due to Polavaram Project and R&R works in respect of 3922 PDFs have been completed by shifting them to 26 new R&R colonie

Further, as reported by State Government/ PPA, year - wise expenditure on the project vis -àvis expenditure on 'Rehabilitation & Resettlement' during last four years (since 2014) is as under:

| Year     |   Total Expenditure on PIP (Rs. in crore) |   Expenditure incurred on R&R (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 2014- 15 |                                    439.48 |                                       28.55  |
| 2015- 16 |                                   1867.93 |                                      195.54  |
| 2016- 17 |                                   1700.09 |                                      197.49  |
| 2017- 18 |                                   3829.02 |                                       26.085 |