PROBLEM OF DISPLACEMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KOVVADA RESERVOIR OF WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT

Abstract

Through the ages, the people of India depend upon agriculture for their survival. The agriculture required irrigation water which should be drawn from the rivers, lakes and ponds. To draw the water from the water resources is not an easy task. Dams should be constructed to preserve the water which is to be supplied for the agricultural lands. For the construction of major reservoirs, the people living in the area should be evacuated where the project has been intended to built. The people would be displaced and they should be provided lands for their settlement. In the case of Kovvada reservoir, the people have been displaced from the project site and provided new settlements and agricultural lands for their survival. The people are not satisfied with the land and other facilities provided to them for their settlement. Major problem for the people is that they cannot intermingle with the people already settled in that area. Several disputes would arise between the new comers and old residents. Employment generation and to provide education is major task for the displaced. All these issues are discussed in this paper in brief.