Land pattas handed out to displaced of Koindapalli Post News Network
Bolangir: As the Lower Suktel irrigation project in Bolangir district is expected to be completed by 2023-24, the state government has started settling resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) issues.
In the second phase, some people displaced by the project were handed out land pattas here at the conference hall of the chief engineer(Construction) office, Friday.
It was learnt that 34 displaced families of Koindapalli were provided pattas. The displaced will be settled at Lurkipalli and Sadaipalli on the outskirts of Bolangir town.
Following a directive from project director (Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Mahendra Mohapatra, Collector Chanchal Rana distributed pattas to the displaced families.
An uncertain Lower Suktel project Post News Network
Bolangir: Uncertainty continues to plague the fate of Lower Suktel irrigation project in the district as the oustees insisted on fulfillment of three of their main demands before start of the dam works, a report said Monday.
The matter came to fore during a meeting held between the project-affected people of Pardhiapalli, Koindapalli and Khuntapalli villages, and a team of senior officials led by the newly appointed project director Mahendra Mohapatra for rehabilitation and resettlement for the Lower Suktel project. The project-affected people refused to budge and insisted on fulfillment of their demands first before going ahead with the dam works.
Lower Suktel irrigation project: Govt gets cracking to resolve R&R impasse Post News Network
Bolangir: The construction of the ambitious Lower Suktel project in Bolangir has been stalled for last two and a half years due to local opposition over bottlenecks in rehabilitation and resettlement issues.
Now, the project work is likely to resume as the government has braced up again to restart the work, a report said.
The state government has appointed a special project director (R&R) to hasten the R&R work. Mahendra Mohapatra, who is the additional project director of Jharsuguda DRDA, has been appointed in this post.