The project will cover only existing tanks and therefore new land acquisition and physical displacement are expected to be minimal. However, the main issue is encroachment in the tank system particularly in tank bed areas and therefore, due to project interventions, there are likely to be some adverse effects or impacts on families and people in the form of losing the encroached land in the tank area and their livelihood source. To minimize the adverse effects, there is a need to prepare a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and incorporated into tank level ITDPs. The RAPs shall address socio-economic issues associated with displacement of families and also devise strategies and actions to minimize adverse effects on people and their livelihoods. The state R & R Unit is responsible for implementation of RAP in the project districts, which includes providing support, guidance,
and all required assistance to DPUs apart from regular monitoring of the entire process.

Objective

The objective of this policy is to avoid or minimize the possibilities of adverse effect resulting in displacement (physical or economic or both) of people in the project area.

Where displacement is inevitable due to technical reasons of the project design, the objective is to minimise the hardship to the affected families, enhance, or at least restore their livelihood opportunities.

Assistance for Economic Rehabilitation

• Skill training for income generating activity

• Seed capital will be given per family

• Support from district industries centre

• Institutional credit for crop production and allied activities

• Arranging additional PDS for the BPL families for the initial three years

• All the affected families in the project area will be given preference to carryout the works related wage employment during the process of tank rehabilitation.

• In the absence of any traditional fishing community in the project area, fishing rights will be given on priority basis to the project affected families.

• Priority will be given to the project affected families to take out the silt for their own use.

Resettlement and Rehabilitation

Karnataka Community Based Tank Project Introduced Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy in tank level to avoid the possibilities of adverse affect resulting in displacement of people in the project area.

The following Report consists of 1734 Tanks in 9 Districts covering 34 Talukas which are under implementation and post implementation.

Resettlement Action Plan:

The project has a well – defined Resettlement and Rehabilitation policy and Resettlement Action Plan forms an integral part of the Integrated Tank Development Plans (ITDPs) prepared for integrated tanks. Resettlement issues have been mainstreamed and institutionalized, by which adequate mechanisms have been put in place for survey of encroachments, identification of lands required for project interventions, identification of project affected families and persons, third party review of RAPs, grievances redressal etc.

From the 1,734 ITDPs appraised till November 2007, the information from 1,734 tanks has been analyzed. Totally 964 tanks had encroachments, as established by TMI level consultations and revenue surveys. In these tanks 4,648 persons have encroached 1394.39 ha., of the land, out of which 1325.79 was estimated to be required for project interventions. As per the consultation process of the project 4587 encroachers have voluntarily surrendered the required lands (1325.79 ha.) and in Two cases in Haveri and Bidar district the issue was resolved in the  court of Law.  As per the project R&R, policy 465 families were found to be project affected and 276 RAPs have been supported by the project with an allocation of Rs. 1.15 Crores.

Click  - ->              Status of Resettlement & Rehabilitation  As on 31.12.2007

2 Tribal Development Action Plan

The main objective of the tribal action plan to provide and ensured that the benefits of the project are accessible to the SC/ST’s and Others Vulnerable Communities at par with the rest of the community and at the same time ensured this groups get preference over others on certain benefits under the projects. The Project insists that from each household a Male and Female should become member in the tank management institution by paying the membership fees. 

The following tables are gives the details of representation of various categories of community in the Tank Management Institution, Tank Users Community and Office Bearers of the Tank Management Institution.

*Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage

The Total Members of Tank Users Groups 5,13,229 out of which 15.07 are SC’s, 8.65 are ST’s, Landless SC’s are 1.98, Landless ST’s 1.38 and Other Vulnerable Landless are 5.64, and others are 67.27 respectively in Tank Users Groups of 1405 TMIs. 

Representation of Various categories of the communities in TUC in 1405 TMIs  

*.Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage  

The representation Tank Users Committee is over all is 22465 members out of which SC represents 20.77, ST represents 13.74, Landless SC represents 1.47, Landless ST represents 0.93, and other Landless represents 3.48, and other General categories represents 59.57 which has got fare representation of all categories.

Representation of Various categories of the communities in Office Bearers in 1405 TMIs