way from the districtt HQ Barwani . Construction of Dam has started . It envisages construction of 30 kms main canal including 5.70 km . long irrigation tunnel . After completion of can network project will irigate 13,760 hectare of land in Barwani Distt . The estimated cost of the project is 360.37 crores . The dam will have a full reservoir level ( FRL ) of 298m and a maximum water level ( MWL ) of 298.6m . The length of the right bank main canal will be 41.4 km and the distributary on the left will be 8 kms long . The command area of the Project lies in 51 villages of Rajpur , Badwani and Thikri tehsils of district Badwani . The area proposed to be irrigated is 13,760 ha . ( CCA of 17,265 ha .) with annual irrigation going upto 17,888 ha . The command of the Goi dam is the sub-basin of the Deb and Nahali rivers . The Project is also intended to serve the domestic consumption of Rajpur town . According to the Detailed Project Report ( Nov . 1991 ) submergence due to the Goi reservoir will be 1090 ha . in 9 villages of which 506 ha . is cultivable land . As per the DPR , 409 families will be affected by Project . All the affected families are Bhilala tribals . In 1972 , the anticipated Project cost was Rs . 678 lakhs . The status of the Project is that it has gone for clearance to the Ministry of Environment and Forests ( MoEF ), Planning Commission , Central Water Commission and for administrative approval from the state government . The submergence zone is almost entirely tribal comprising of Bhil and Bhilala populations . We also know that today the submergence zone is intensively irrigated . For example , village South Panchpula alone has 95 irrigation pumps . Clearly , although ritual mouthing of rehabilitation principles has taken place , there is no planning or provision for land based rehabilitation . Even the cash compensation is so minuscule , that the affected families can never hope to purchase land or replace their assets . 530 ha . of land will be submerged under the canals of the Lower Goi dam . These lands too will be merely acquired and compensated for in cash . The Rehabilitation Policy of the GoMP for the oustees of the Narmada Projects clearly states that any family whose land ( over 25 %) or livelihood is required for the Project for any purpose will be regarded as a Project Affected Family ( PAF ) with full entitlements . Yet even the accounting for populations and categories who are entitled to rehabilitation has not taken place , let alone complete rehabilitation plan !
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