Narmada Valley Development Minister Surendra Singh Baghel has said that all basic amenities should be provided to the displaced persons of Sardar Sarovar Dam. He directed the officials of the Revenue, Public Works, Public Health Engineering and Narmada Valley
Development Department to provide all basic facilities to the displaced persons in the districts of Badwani and Dhar before June 20. Baghel was holding a meeting in connection with the displaced persons of Sardar Sarovar Dam in Indore.
Baghel said that the facilities like buildings, housing, drinking water, road etc. will be provided to the displaced persons promptly. Special efforts should be made by the district administration in this direction.
There will be no shortage of funds in the rehabilitation of the displaced people.
It was informed that the displaced persons who are coming under submergence are being given compensation of Rs 5.80 lakh per beneficiary. Old Nisarpur is about to come under submergence and is being rehabilitated.
All displaced persons have been given land by the district administration. Bus facilities will also be provided to the villagers of Chikhalda and
Nisarpur. The Public Health Engineering Department has told the Nal Jal Yojana, Power Distribution Company to provide new line at a cost of Rs 36 crore for the displaced persons and the Rural Development Department to ensure leveling of cultivable land in MNREGA scheme.
Minister Baghel instructed to settle 8,000 pending applications of displaced persons in one month and to solve the problem of drinking water in 20 days.
Commissioner, Narmada Valley Development Pawan Kumar Sharma said that the work of rehabilitation of Badwani, Alirajpur, Khargone and Dhar villages affected by the Sardar Sarovar dam project of Gujarat is going on at a fast pace.
In this region, 23,600 families have been affected due to displacement, out of which 5,549 families in Gujarat and 18 thousand 63 families have been rehabilitated in Madhya Pradesh.
All basic problems of displaced persons are being resolved.
Displacement has affected 3,658 houses. Temporary tin shades have been made for the displaced.
These houses have been specially built in Kukshi, Dharampuri and Manavar of Dhar district and Badwani and Thikri in Badwani district. A temporary camp has also been created for the submergence-hit people. Facilities of housing, food, drinking water, lighting, motorboat, life belt, police force, medical treatment, inspection vehicle, freight vehicle and JCB etc have been given in this camp.
The work of rehabilitation has been done by Collector Dhar and Badwani.
Roads, culverts and alternate routes have been arranged for the displaced persons. Commissioner Indore Akash Tripathi and Collector Dhar Deepak Singh were present in the meeting.