THE GOVERNMENT has set up State Relief and Rehabilitation Authority to look into the rehabilitation of around 50 lakh villagers, who had been displaced to make way for various public sector projects in Maharashtra. “The foremost job will be to document all cases of displaced villagers. Since early 1960s, there has not been a single mega project where displaced villagers have received complete justice. In almost every big project, rehabilitation measures have left villagers disappointed,” said Bhandari. But it is a fact that all the PAPs awaiting justice are related to projects before 2014.

Source: Indian Express May 12, 2018 22:30 UTC