Greater than 50 years after being displaced and rehabilitated as a result of varied irrigation tasks, round 332 villages throughout Maharashtra have but to obtain the civic facilities promised to them. These villages have been displaced earlier than the implementation of the Maharashtra Challenge Affected Individuals Rehabilitation Act, 1976. The Act got here into impact in 1977, and no complete rehabilitation coverage was in place earlier than that.
Now, Maharashtra’s Reduction and Rehabilitation Division has sought Rs 424.60 crore in funds from the finance division to make sure that all necessities of civic facilities are fulfilled.
On Monday, in a overview assembly of the division, the pending challenge of offering civic facilities to those rehabilitated villages was mentioned. As per the information offered within the assembly, 568 villages have been rehabilitated because the formation of the state till the implementation of the Act — between 1960 and 1976. Out of those villages, solely 236 have been given all crucial civic facilities.
“Round 332 villages nonetheless want a number of civic facilities. Nearly Rs 424.60 crore are required to unravel this challenge completely and it was offered within the assembly,” stated an official of the Reduction and Rehabilitation division who was current throughout the assembly.
“All these numbers are from the irrigation tasks accomplished earlier than the enactment of the Act. Earlier than it, there was no complete coverage for rehabilitation and even after 50 years, the issues haven’t been solved,” stated the official.
Amongst these 332 villages, the best or 129 are from the Pune division, and 75 are from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The Konkan and Nasik divisions have 61 and 60 villages, respectively, and the Amaravati has 6, and the Nagpur division has just one village. The notice offered within the assembly confirmed that among the many massive irrigation tasks reminiscent of Koyana and Jayakwadi, round 93 and 48 rehabilitated villages are but to get all crucial civic facilities.
The Pune division has sought round Rs 162 crore, and the Nasik division has sought Rs 129 crore for the villages below them. For Amaravati, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Konkan divisions, Rs 21 crore, Rs 64 crore, and Rs 46 crore, respectively, have been sought.
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