The State Government on Wednesday clarified that shifting and rehabilitation work for displaced persons owing to Sardar Sarovar Project is being carried out with utmost seriousness and sensitivity by the State Government. There are 23614 displaced families of 178 villages of Badwani, Dhar, Alirajpur, and Khargone districts of Madhya Pradesh under the project. Out of these 5,551 displaced families in Gujarat and 18,063 displaced families in Madhya Pradesh were to be rehabilitated.
From these families, 9,242 families have already been rehabilitated. According to the order of Supreme Court dated 08/02/2017 wherein directives to give Rs 60 lakh to 681 families were issued, out of these families an amount of Rs 60 lakh each to a total of 629 families has been paid through Grievances Redressal Authority. Similarly, as per the order of the Supreme Court, the 943 displaced families which were found victimised for fake registry in a report received from the Jha Commission. Of them, payment of Rs 15 lakh to 862 families has already been made. All these families have received the amount with an affidavit to vacate submerge area, which clarifies that most of the displaced families are ready for shifting. Some affected families are not taking benefit. An amount of Rs 1.32 lakh equivalent to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana under the Union Government scheme or from the State is being given to each family of submerge area whether they come under the displaced definition or not if they do not own a pacca house outside submerge area. Arrangements of temporary houses and free meals are being made for families who have no arrangements. For this 3,400 fully equipped temporary houses have been constructed in which displaced families dwell free of charge and also free food will be provided to them. Besides, Rs 80,000 will be provided to the displaced families which want to vacate the place by their own arrangements. Also an amount of Rs 5000 for transportation or free transportation is being provided. Upgradation works at large scale and repair works have been undertaken on sites prepared 10 to 15 years ago for rehabilitation on multi-agency model as per the lines of Simhastha to provide uninterrupted basic facilities like roads, water and electricity. Rs 640 crore will be spent by MP for these amenities. Rs 15 lakh package was provided from about Rs 170 crore by the Government to around 1,783 displaced families which had received full amount of Rs 5.58 lakh in cash for land against land and who had not received the benefit of Rs 15 lakh package from the court. Total amount of package is 640 cr, an additional benefit to benefits decided by the Authority.