The Orissa government will start a pilot project for computerisation of the details of land acquisition for different projects and rehabilitation and re-settlement (R&R) of affected persons. To be launched under the banner of ‘punarbas project’, the pilot scheme will initially cover three projects.
These projects are Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) located at Angul, Aditya Aluminuium Private Ltd (AAPL) located near Sambalpur and Suktel irrigation project in Bolangir. CSM Technology has been entrusted with the job to develop the data base and the required software.
“Such an initiative is first of its kind in the country and will computerise all the details pertaining to the amount of land being acquired, family data like the income of the family, category of family, compensation received among others”, state revenue minister Surya Narayan Patro said.
Talking to the media after a high level meeting at the state secretariat, Patro said, data base will be developed for the existing and the upcoming projects in the state. CSM has been asked to complete the data base for at least one project by 15 November.
He said, a socio-economic survey will be taken up for preparation of a Rehabilitation Action Plan (RAP). The action plan will be based on the users need to ensure that the rehabilitation package is tailored for the sustainable rehabilitation and culture of the affected persons.
The survey will include families who are likely to lose or have lost, fully or partially their house, agricultural land, employment or are alienated wholly or substantially from the main sources of their trade, business, occupation, and vocation including income derived from formal sector and non-farm activities.
On the other hand, the revenue and disaster management department has decided to digitise all the land maps through scanning. It will be regularly updated for 5 years and any person can get land map paying a fee of just Rs 20 per map, Patro added. It may be noted, the Orissa government has already come out with guidelines for conduct of socio-economic survey, socio-cultural resource mapping and infrastructural survey for different projects.