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by the people to be unchecked and
widespread.
Yet, on 24th April 2002, the government
issued a notice of eviction to this village
saying that the people should shift out of the
village with their cattle and belongings by
20th May 2002 and in the event the villagers,
not paying heed to the notice, remained in
the village, any loss of life and property due
to floods would not be the responsibility of
the government!
Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, which had been
following the events in the history of the
construction of this dam, decided to attempt
to bring to fore the ground realities
regarding the status of resettlement and
rehabilitation of villages affected by this
project. This is an on-going study and this is
a preliminary report.

Editor- Sujit Choudhury, Published by
IRBMS

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