Rehabilitation & Resettelment

NWDT Provisions of R&R for Sardar Sarovar Project.

 Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal (NWDT) Award on R&R

 l      Major Directions

 (1)      Definition of Oustee :-

       (a)  An oustee shall mean any person who since at least  one year prior to  the date of publication of the notification under Section-4 of the   Act, has   been ordinarily residing or cultivating land or carrying on any trade, occupation or calling or working for gain in the area likely to be submerged permanently or temporarily.

      (b) (i) A family shall include husband, wife and minor children and other persons dependent on the head of family e.g. widowed mother.

        (ii)Every major son will be treated as a separate family. As per Rehabilitation Policy every major unmarried daughter shall also be treated as separate family.

 (2) Every State will acquire following properties as per Land Acquisition  Act:- 

 l      All lands of private ownership and all interests there in situated below  the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) 138.68 m.

l    #9; All buildings situated between FRL and MWL(140.21m) including back water level (BWL), as also those affected by the backwater effect resulting from MWL+141.21 m. {Back Water to be worked out by Central Water Commission(CWC) in consultation with the States}

Provision of Land for Land as per NWDT Award and SRP.

l      Provisions of  NWDT Award--"Every displaced family from whom more than 25% of its land holding is acquired shall be entitled to and be allotted irrigable land. This land shall be transferred to the oustee family, if it agrees to take it".

l      A procedure has been evolved for allotment of land to the Oustees.  An offer of allotment of agricultural land from the pool of Land Bank is made to each and every Oustee eligible for land allotment as per NWDT Award.

l       If  not willing to accept the offer , then Special Rehabilitation Package(SRP) is offered to him which enables that family to purchase land of its choice and suitability. Oustee shall get 50% of SRP amount in advance, rest 50% shall be given to him, when he produces the registered sale deeds.

l      No cash payment is made to an Oustees. All payments are made through Account Payee cheques or transfer of amount in Oustee's Bank Account.

 Every Resettlement site will have following civic amenities

 •          Clause IV (3) of NWDT Award

 •         One Primary School ( 3 rooms) for 100 families.

 •         One Panchayat Ghar cum community hall for every 500 families.

 •         One Dispensary for every 500 families.

 •         One Seed store for every 500 families.

 •         One Children’s park for every 500 families.

 •         One village Pond for every 500 families.

 •         Drinking water well with trough for every 50 families.

 •         One religious place of worship for every 100 families.

 •         Each colony will be linked to main road by roads of appropriate standard and approach roads.

 •         One tree Platform for every 50 families.

 •         Electrical distribution lines and street lights.

 •        Special amenities for each municipal town going under submergence viz. water supply and sanitary arrangements layout leveling of site etc.