Kralpora (Bandipora) May 25: After a lapse of two years, authorities Friday promised "proper implementation" of the rehabilitation plan for the villagers affected by the ongoing construction of 330 MW Kishenganga Hydro Electric Power Project here.
The District Development Commissioner Bandipora Manzoor Ahmed Lone said he has "roped in all the concerned officers and agencies to restart and revive the implementation process of rehabilitation plan."
"We discussed the issue in a joint meeting between district administration and people's representatives, National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) and Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC)," Mir said.
He said: "We will implement the Rehab plan at various levels. The affected villages would be developed and displaced villagers shall be rehabilitated."
Lone said that "three-tier rehabilitation systems would be adopted. The first is compensation for those who lost their land in the project, second is the compensation for livelihood and the last is our corporate social responsibility (CSR) package. "We will construct roads, develop educational institutes, health centers, and agriculture and horticulture sectors in the affected villages," Lone told reporters on the sidelines of the meeting here. "A separate environment plan has been formulated to safeguard  the environment, ecology and biodiversity  in the area."
Lone said: "A gynae-cum-pediatric hospital worth 16 crores would be established in the area under the plan for which 20 Kanals of and would be earmarked soon.”
"It took sometime to implement the plan, though all measures were taken to ensure that the land holders of the area were rehabilitated," he said.
HCC is presently executing the power project which involves acquisition of land of about 5000 Kanals in Gurez and Bandipora. The worst hit villages include Khopri and Badwan in Gurez and Kralpora, Chek and Mantrigam in Bandipora.

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