Asst-Professor, Yashvantrao Chavan Warana Mahavidyalay, Warananagar.
Abstract:
The land acquisition is common process for the development projects. The
displaced families are rehabilitated at unfamiliar locations with compensation. They are
provided land as compensation to their acquired land. But they have been facing various
problems about received land such as inadequate land area, low quality of land, access
to land and unavailability of irrigation facility. The numbers of promise are made while
displacement but less fulfilled. The present paper attempt to analyze Land Distribution
Ratio among the rehabilitated families of Asangoan village displaced construction
Dudhganga Irrigation Dam, Kolhapur district.
1.INTRODUCTION:-
The land has been acquired for different purposes such as dam, Road, Railway line construction,
Industrial Projects, Urban expansion etc. The families displaced from their native place are rehabilitated
unknown area. They have been provided compensation of their acquired assets along with civic facilities at
resettlement places. The construction of dam is a major reason of displacement from ancient period. For the
constriction of dam requires large area. It includes submerged area and catchment area. Generally
catchment area is more than submerged area. The people living in this area possess land from both areas.
The numbers of families residing in such areas are less but they holds huge land area.
While construction of dam, concern authority acquires submerged land and do not considered the
land which is above submerged line. The displaced families are rehabilitated at new location with providing
compensation. They get house plot according to khatedar and members of family. The landless family gets
less area than khatedar. These families provided land as compensation to acquired land according to
rehabilitation act. not as per promises given to them at the time of displacement. There are number of
problems of rehabilitated people about received land. The present paper attempt to analyze Land
Distribution Ratio among the rehabilitated families of Asangoan village displaced construction Dudhganga
Irrigation Dam, Kolhapur district.
2. OBJECTIVE:-
The main objective of present research work is to study the land distribution process for the
families of Asangoan village rehabilitated in at resettlement sites (colony).
3. DATABASE AND METHODOLOGY:-
The present research work is mainly based on primary and secondary sources of data Collection.
The primary data collected though field work with the help of schedule and through the methods of interview and discussion.
The secondary data collected from the rehabilitation and irrigation offices of Kolhapur district. The
collected data has been analyzed by following formula to calculate Land Distribution Ratio.
Received Land Area
Land Distribution Ratio =
Due Land Area
With the help of above formula LDR has been calculated for each family. Then all families
grouped into five groups.
4. ANALISYS :-
Land Distribution Ratio =Received Land Area Due Land Area
The displacement takes place in development process which worldwide phenomena. There are
various causes of forced internal displacement of people in the world. Some countries have more and in
some less internal displacement. The global overview report shows that there is greater displacement found
in the Africa and less in the Middle-east. In five countries there were populations of more than a million
internal displaced persons at the end of 2010, the largest being in Colombia and Sudan. These were
followed, as a year before, by Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Pakistan followed closely
with at least 980,000 internal displaced persons.(Nina M. and Edmund J. 2011).
4.1 The Displacement of Asangoan Village:-
In the recent years statistics is maintained by concern authority and rehabilitations also done. The
large area of land is acquired for projects and people are displaced but the problem of resettlement and
rehabilitation remains aside. The world has experiences of displacement from ancient period but earlier
displacement was limited to construction of dams and magnitude of displaced people was also low. We
know that, there was not awareness about to maintain the record of displaced people in the ancient period.
But situation in the modern period is also not different. The non availability of accurate and reliable data
about displacement and rehabilitation is major obstacle before researcher in this field. Some concern
people have showed the worldwide situation in this regard. But there is accurate statistical data are available
of Asangaon village of displacement and rehabilitation. So it is easy to study such problems.
4.2 The Land Distribution:-
The Dudhganga Irrigation Dam has been constructed on the river Dudhganga at Asangoan village.
The 68 families of Asangoan village are displaced in the 1987 and rehabilitated 34, 26, 6 and 2 families at
Akiwat, Hervad, Nigave and Mudsingi resettlements. These settlements are provided many civic facilities
and every family provided money and land as compensation for their acquired assets. The land is major
source of livelihood for the rehabilitated people at new location. The land distribution to displaced people is
a part of rehabilitation process. The land holding size determines the economic development of family as
well as society.
The land is distributed according to the size of acquired land of family and numbers of family
members before displacement. The land size decided by government as per laws, here is known as Due
Land. The land actually distributed to each family, here is known as Received Land. With the help of
formula, mentioned in methodology, LDR has been calculated of each family. The Land Distribution Ratio is shown as fallows.
The land has been distributed to rehabilitated families those displaced from Asangoan village. The
above table shows the land distribution ratio of rehabilitated families, where highest families (50%) have
concentrated under the group of very high land size received. The next large group of families (35.79%)
consist very low land size received. The percentage of high land size received is 9.71. The medium and low
land received families are equal that is 5.88 per cent.
The land has been distributed to rehabilitated families those displaced from Asangoan village. The
above table shows the land distribution ratio of rehabilitated families, where highest families (50%) have
concentrated under the group of very high land size received. The next large group of families (35.79%)
consist very low land size received. The percentage of high land size received is 9.71. The medium and low
land received families are equal that is 5.88 per cent.
5. CONCLUSION: -
The displacement takes places with many development projects but resettlement and
rehabilitation is done in rare cases. The people are left by providing cash compensation. They are thrown
from their sources of livelihood. But the families displaced from Asangaon village are rehabilitated at four
resettlement colonies. These families have been provided basic facilities at resettlement level. They also
got financial assistance for the construction of house. They have been provided land around resettlement.
The land distribution among 68 families shows great disparity. The 59.71 per cent families got very high
land size than due land size which is good example for developmental rehabilitation. This high land is
benefited for economic and cultural development of concern families group. But another group of 46.17 per
cent families have got land below due land size. These families should get their proper land size for support
to their family. These families are facing number of problems for existence. The land distribution among
rehabilitated families has not done as justice.
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