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Resettlement and Rehabilitation of People Problems and concerns Dal Lake Dev.& Conservation Project Sgr,
Background :
Resettlement and Rehabilitation is one of the most serious problems posed by the developmental activities . Among other developmental activities , Dam
construction have so for ousted 30 million people across the world . Most often, "oustees" are poor or indigenous people who often leave behind productive farms and ancestral homes, though these groups pay the social and environmental costs of dam construction, they don't receive the benefits. The Aswan High Dam ousted
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4/8/2007
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100,000 people, according to the World Bank, and the planned Three Gorges Dam in China, a 600-foot-thick, mile-wide project so large it will be visible from outer space, will expel 1.3 million people from the area. Twenty years after (about 90,000) people were relocated for hydroelectric power projects in Ghana, none of them could be found. They'd migrated to cities, or died
Causes of Relocation:
There are various factors which contribute to the large scale displacement of human settlements. However below mentioned factors are major ones:-
l
Developmental Activities includes construction of dams, roads, railway tracks, airports , ports , urban expansion, electrification (towers etc.), irrigation and canals etc.,
l Disasters may be natural or man made. Natural disasters includes
earthquake, floods, droughts, landslides, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, forest fires etc. ,. While man made include industrial accidents , nuclear accidents , dam burst , shelling etc.,.
l Conservation initiatives include protection of wildlife , forests ,
E n v i r o n m e n t S e r v i c e s & R e s e a r c h O r g a n i z a t i o n
Kashmir
E Magazine
Hard Facts
Environment
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An Electronic Networking for Sustainable Development in Kashmir
Home Home E Magazine
Resettlement and Rehabilitation of People Problems and concerns Dal Lake Dev.& Conservation Project Sgr,
Background :
Resettlement and Rehabilitation is one of the most serious problems posed by the developmental activities . Among other developmental activities , Dam
construction have so for ousted 30 million people across the world . Most often, "oustees" are poor or indigenous people who often leave behind productive farms and ancestral homes, though these groups pay the social and environmental costs of dam construction, they don't receive the benefits. The Aswan High Dam ousted
file://C:\DOCUME~1\Randolph\LOCALS~1\Temp\SPL3QT8D.htm
4/8/2007
Page 2 of 10
100,000 people, according to the World Bank, and the planned Three Gorges Dam in China, a 600-foot-thick, mile-wide project so large it will be visible from outer space, will expel 1.3 million people from the area. Twenty years after (about 90,000) people were relocated for hydroelectric power projects in Ghana, none of them could be found. They'd migrated to cities, or died
Causes of Relocation:
There are various factors which contribute to the large scale displacement of human settlements. However below mentioned factors are major ones:-
l
Developmental Activities includes construction of dams, roads, railway tracks, airports , ports , urban expansion, electrification (towers etc.), irrigation and canals etc.,
l Disasters may be natural or man made. Natural disasters includes
earthquake, floods, droughts, landslides, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, forest fires etc. ,. While man made include industrial accidents , nuclear accidents , dam burst , shelling etc.,.
l Conservation initiatives include protection of wildlife , forests ,