Jewar Airport परियोजना में जिनकी जमीन गई उनका दर्द भी जान लीजिए https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6stojcyUXQ | Prime Time With Ravish Kumar Aug 14, 2021 यूपी चुनाव नजदीक आने लगा है. इसलिए सरकार सबसे महत्वकांक्षी योजना जेवर इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट का भूमिपूजन करने जा रही है. एयरपोर्ट बनाने के लिए 8 गांव के लोगों का विस्थापन हुआ है. लेकिन गांव वालों का कहना है कि आनन-फानन में उनके पुस्तैनी मकान तोड़ दिये गये लेकिन नये मकान बनाने का वक्त नहीं मिला. लिहाजा सैकड़ों लोग किराये के मकान पर रहने को मजूबर हैं.
Pangs of displacement in Jewar https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pangs-of-displacement-in-jewar-101623623500035.html
Villagers in Jewar, whose houses are being demolished for the development of an airport, say their displacement is an emotionally distressing experience and will forever alter their cherished rural lives..
Surendra Singh, divisional commissioner (Meerut), who is also the rehabilitation and resettlement commissioner for the airport project, says, “This is a model rehabilitation resettlement project. All the village residents have been compensated for the land and given plots free of cost in the modern township which will have all necessary community infrastructure, including, community centres, school, among others. We have completed the rehabilitation and resettlement process and now it is for them to build their houses as soon as possible. ”
Tell him about the villages’ problem with space for their cattle and he says, “ We have provided everything that was legally due as part of rehabilitation and resettlement scheme.”
Professor Vivek Kumar, chairperson, Centre for the Study of Social Systems at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, says when a rural community is displaced, people are not displaced just physically, but also sociologically, culturally, and spatially, which lead to a lot of perplexities, uncertainties, and alienation. “So, wherever there is development-induced displacement, the administration should be mindful and ensure that there is a thorough study of the community and it should try to replicate the old settlement as much as possible at the new place,” he says.