No entry to consuming water, a poor sanitation and waste administration system, insufficient healthcare and training infrastructure, restricted help for agriculture, and scarce livelihood alternatives are amongst at the very least two dozen downsides recognized by the joint committee that visited 5 tehsils of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, the place the remaining 6,736 Pong Dam evacuees have been proposed to be offered land for his or her rehabilitation in Part 2.
The 5 tehsils are Ramgarh, Jaisalmer, Mohangarh-1, Mohangarh-2 and Nachana. In these 5 tehsils, 77 chaks (income muhals or land areas located largely in rural areas, out of which murabbas are allotted to Pong Dam oustees) have been recognized for rehabilitation. (25 bighas comprise one murabba.) In Ramgarh, 16 chaks have been recognized, 15 in Jaisalmer, 20 in Mohangarh-1, 4 in Mohangarh-2 and 22 chaks in Nachana tehsil.
In keeping with the research titled, “Joint Inspection Report on Availability of Fundamental Amenities in Chaks of Pong Dam Oustees in Rajasthan”, a major college is positioned between 7km and 25km from 16 chaks recognized in Ramgarh tehsil to rehabilitate almost 440 displaced households. Equally, the gap of a senior secondary college from these chaks is between round 14km and 25km. Furthermore, the gap to a water diggi (a man-made pond constructed by the land proprietor in murabbas to retailer water) from these chaks is between 7km and 25km.
Equally, 15 chaks have been recognized to rehabilitate 799 displaced households in Jaisalmer tehsil. The closest water diggi from these chaks is 3km and the farthest 8km. The closest major college is 2km and the farthest is 20km. The closest senior secondary college from these chaks is 23km and the farthest is 31km. Furthermore, a authorities hospital is positioned between 23km and 43km from these chaks.
The joint committee discovered solely Mohangarh-2 tehsil, the place 4 chaks had been recognized for rehabilitation, a major college, hospital, concrete highway and water diggi had been discovered on the shortest distance between 500 metres and 1km. The report additionally highlighted the shortage of highway connectivity and transportation, the shortage of cluster method in land allotment, restricted market entry, the potential for unlawful possession of land by mafia and encroachments by unlawful occupants.
The committee led by Deputy Commissioner (Aid & Rehabilitation), Himachal Pradesh, Dr Sanjay Kumar Dhiman had two members — Jwali Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) Bachiter Singh and Income Officer Karm Chand Kalia — who visited the 5 tehsils between October 25 and 27. A group of officers from the Rajasthan authorities assisted them. Dhiman on Wednesday submitted the report back to Himachal Income Minister Jagat Singh Negi who would take up the report with the central authorities in Delhi subsequent month.
Bachiter Singh instructed The Indian Categorical, “The recognized land in 77 chaks underneath 5 tehsils falls in rural areas of Jaisalmer district. We highlighted in our report what we noticed there. A group of the Rajasthan authorities assisted us wherever we went. The aim of our go to was to examine primary facilities in these areas which, we discovered, had been lower than mark. There’s a want for enchancment. The recognized areas are positioned near the Indira Gandhi Canal Challenge. There’s a have to assemble connecting canals from the primary canal to the recognized areas. Within the report, we made sure suggestions which as soon as adopted, the recognized land would turn into appropriate for the rehabilitation objective.”
The committee really useful drip irrigation, rainwater harvesting, community-managed water storage system, provision of micro-loans and rotational land allotment and common overview conferences between Himachal Pradesh (the donor state) and Rajasthan (the beneficiary state), amongst others.
When contacted, Himachal Income Minister Negi mentioned, “The report was pending. It was needed to examine recognized land earlier than shifting displaced households there. I’ll current this report back to the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) and central authorities. It’s an interstate matter that requires in-depth discussions involving all stakeholders. There are specific shortcomings highlighted within the report, together with sure suggestions which should be applied. Moreover primary facilities like training, transportation, well being, electrical energy, and so on., are the should.”
Negi mentioned, “As many as 20,722 households had been displaced when round 75,268 acres had been acquired for the Pong Dam development in Himachal Pradesh in 1966-67. The remaining 6,736 eligible households are nonetheless to be rehabilitated.” Throughout Part 1, over 12,000 displaced households had been settled in a number of areas of Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan years again.
