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section 20

Resettlement Officer to prepare draft scheme of resettlement

The Maharashtra Resettlement of Project Displaced Persons Act, 1976
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  1. (1) For enabling the State Government to resettle displaced persons as required by section 10, the Resettlement Officer shall, as soon as may be on the basis of the statement received under section 19 and on the basis of the assessment of land made under section 13, prepare one or more draft schemes for the resettlement of the displaced persons. The scheme shall contain the following particulars, namely:—
    • (a) the extent of area included in the Project indicating therein the area of the affected zone and the number of villages affected by the Project; a plan indicating the area and villages therein shall be appended to the draft scheme;
    • (b) date of submergence of the holding under the water of the Project;
    • (c) a list of displaced persons (not being agricultural labourers) and the extent of land in his holding indicating the survey numbers thereof held by each person in the affected zone; and a list of agricultural labourers in such zone, and the extent of land held by him, if any, in that zone, and the names of such persons on whose lands he has been earning his livelihood principally by manual labour;
    • (d) the area of the gaothan in the affected zone and the names of persons owning land therein and the extent of such land;
    • (e) the number of families in the affected zone, and the number of members in each family;
    • (f) a list of persons benefited or likely to be benefited on the completion of the Project, and the extent of land held by each such person in the benefited zone;
    • (g) the extent of land available from the benefited zone and from the villages and areas specified under section 10 for resettlement of the displaced persons;
    • (h) the names of the displaced persons, the number of members in each family, and the extent of land (with particulars of location) proposed to be granted to each displaced person from the land pool and the occupancy price which a displaced person will have to pay;
      • (i) the site of the gaothan in the benefited zone, or the area of extension thereof or, as the case may be, the area where it is proposed to locate the new gaothan therein. A plan indicating the layout of the new gaothan or extension of the existing gaothan as aforesaid shall be appended to the draft scheme. The layout shall explain the public utilities, amenities and services proposed to be provided in the new gaothan or, as the case may be, in the extension of the existing gaothan; Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, the expression “public utilities and amenities” includes provision for reservation of such extent of land for threshing ground and for cremation and burial ground in the resettled village as the rules may provide in that behalf, regard being had to the nature and type of threshing ground existing in the sub-merged village, the extent of land existing for cremation and burial purposes in the submerged village, the population of different communities and the availability of land for re-settlement;
    • (j) the names of displaced persons and the extent of land proposed to be granted to each family for resettling in the new gaothan or, as the case may be, in the proposed extension of the existing gaothan;
    • (k) such other particulars as the Resettlement Officer may think fit to include for the information of the displaced persons.
  2. (2) The draft scheme shall indicate the time schedule for shifting the displaced persons in the affected zone to the new gaothan or to the extended part of the existing gaothan according to the submergence schedule of the Project.
  3. (3) The draft scheme drawn up by the Resettlement Officer shall be submitted by him to the Deputy Director who may refer it to the Advisory Committee and amend it according to the recommendations, if any, made by that Committee.
  4. (4) The draft scheme shall state that the Deputy Director shall afford facilities to the displaced persons to see for themselves the agricultural lands proposed to be granted to them on occupancy price and the location of the new gaothan or, as the case may be, the extended part of the existing gaothan.
  5. (5) A copy of the draft scheme prepared under sub-section
  6. (1) shall be submitted to the Director, the Commissioner and the Zilla Parishad concerned.

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