Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar Canal Link Scheme, Pudukottai District Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme
The Government of Tamil Nadu, through the Administrator, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme and Revenue Divisional Officer, Pudukkottai Division, issued R.C. No. A1/1666/2023 and Notification No. VI(1)/340/2023 dated 17 April 2023, published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 3 May 2023. It sets out the affected land, displaced families, rehabilitation entitlements and infrastructure measures for land acquisition in Kavinadu West Village for the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar Canal Link Scheme.
What the scheme covers
The Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme concerns wet, dry and manavari lands in Kavinadu West Village, Pudukkottai Taluk, Pudukkottai District. The land is needed or likely to be needed for forming the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar Canal Link Scheme.
The plan was prepared from a survey and census. It records affected families, landholdings, existing infrastructure, rehabilitation entitlements and project-related infrastructure measures.
Who may be affected
The Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme identifies homes or sheds in Survey Nos. 389/40, 389/1B, 389/1D, 389/33A, 411/5 and 413/11A1. It states that six families and two sheds have to be relocated.
Key findings include:
- Terraced houses, a hut house, a hut cattle shed and an asbestos cattle shed are within the land under acquisition.
- Two Scheduled Caste families have land proposed for acquisition, but the document states that their livelihoods are not affected.
- No affected trades or businesses are listed.
- No landless agricultural labourers primarily dependent on the acquired land are listed.
- No landowners whose livelihoods are primarily dependent on the acquired land are listed.
Rehabilitation entitlements
The listed displaced households are provided a house based on Indira Awas Yojana specifications, or the equivalent cost of the house. The entitlement table also records a subsistence grant of Rs. 3,000 per month for 12 months, transportation cost of Rs. 50,000, a one-time resettlement allowance of Rs. 50,000, and stamp duty and registration fees.
Cattle shed assistance of Rs. 25,000 is recorded for the affected sheds in Survey Nos. 389/1B and 411/5. Final entitlements for landowners depend on the ownership documents they file and will be settled in the rehabilitation and resettlement award.
Roads, canals and irrigation
No separate resettlement area is being formed, so the document provides no infrastructure facility or public amenity for a resettlement site. It nevertheless requires the Water Resources Department to provide bridges where the canal crosses specified roads and agricultural access canals. Canal work must also be carried out without affecting irrigation from Kavinadu Kanmai at the listed survey locations.
The document states that rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements must be disbursed within six months from the date of the award.
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Common questions
How can I tell whether my property is covered by this rehabilitation scheme?
Check whether the property is in Kavinadu West Village and compare its survey number with the survey numbers listed in the scheme. The affected homes or sheds are identified in Survey Nos. 389/40, 389/1B, 389/1D, 389/33A, 411/5 and 413/11A1.
Does every affected landowner automatically receive the listed benefits?
No. The document says final entitlements for landowners will be decided in the rehabilitation and resettlement award based on the ownership documents filed by them.
Will new facilities be built for a separate resettlement area?
No separate resettlement area is being formed, and the document says no infrastructure facility or public amenity is to be provided for such an area. It separately requires bridges and irrigation protection measures during project execution.
When must rehabilitation and resettlement benefits be paid?
The document states that the entitlements must be disbursed to affected families within six months from the date of the award.
