ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES(ES)

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Lesson 26: Resettlement and rehabilitation of people

Problems related to resettlement of people

It reduces the ability to subsist on the traditional natural resource base
Creates great psychological pressures
Hard to adapt to a new way of life in a new place
Conflicts over resources in the resettlement area as both project-affected people and existing people have to depend on the resources
Village will be broken up and families disperse.
Arrangements for drinking water, dispensaries, schools, village roads or drainage at the rehabilitation site are completed after a longer time.
Compensation for land and houses is inadequate
No compensation for loss of employment or disruption of livelihood.