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25. Another source of income is from a succulent plant called Kewara that is collected mainly wild in their habitat . Perfume is distilled from these leaves on a cottage industry level and sold. VI. Dependence on Forests and Forest lands 26.The vast majority of betel vine, cashew and kewara cultivation takes place on forest land, while most paddy cultivation takes place on private and revenue lands. The land near the shore is particularly important for betel vine cultivation, which requires large quantities of the 'sweet' sand (which is mixed with mustard dust) in this area. 27. People also rely on the forest for forest produce such as vegetables and fruits, which are a major part of their diet. Both the POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti and the American researchers contended in their submissions before the Committee that these are a crucial source of food (and nutrition) for the people of the area. The villagers also displayed many such items before the Committee during their visit. 28. In addition, forest produce such as casuarina leaves and other materials are used in the construction of the sheds and other items for betel vine cultivation. VII. Impact of the project on extent of displacement from land and livelihoods 29. These findings are based on the Socio-economic study done on project affected villages/families by Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar, in January 2008 for POSCO-INDIA. It was done in two phases, the first phase study focused on project displaced households (those losing their homes as well as land) and the second phase study on a broader context of overall project affected families (those not losing homesteads but lands /livelihoods). Due to the tension and blockade within some of the villages against POSCO entering the area the Xavier team could not themselves visit the villages to collect field data. They instead trained some local NGOs to collect the data on these parameters (Socio-Economic report by Xavier Institute of Management, pages 4-8, 2008, Annexure B-11). The consultants supervised them. In their report the consultants state that reliability of data therefore was in question and that critical information on sensitive matters such as
land particulars could not be ascertained properly and hence there were gaps in the data. They also stated that field volunteers had taken a lot of risk to visit these villages and talk to people. 30. In light of these caveats it is very difficult to rely on the data in this “socioeconomic study.” The findings are reported here for appreciation, but it should be noted that they are at variance with data reported by others, including published works on the area and the submission of a group of American researchers to the Committee. Some of the important findings reported in the first phase of study are :- i) The number of displaced families is 7 villages are 718 of which 466 are original families and 252 are separate families as per the definition in the Orissa Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy (ORRP) . Out of 718 displaced families 611 ( 85 % ) are from Dhinkia, Govindpur and Noliasahi villages. Hence the displaced families are predominantly from these three villages. The term “displaced” here is used to refer to those who are losing their homes as well as lands; others are considered “project affected families.” ii) The displaced families are generating a net income of Rs 7 million per annum. The same caveat regarding the concept of “displacement” however is noted. iii) Average income per family /annum has been reported to be Rs 14, 100/-. As mentioned earlier, this figure is at sharp variance with other reported studies of the area, including that by the American research team which has made a submission to the Committee. It is also at variance with the figures reported later in the study for project affected families. iv) 42% of families pursue betel vine cultivation as a major occupation, 20.5% families pursue fishing and 11.7% families are wage earners in agriculture sector. Only 13/ 718 (2 %) families pursue agriculture. (Report on Socio-economic study by XIM part II, volume 1, page 9, Annexure B11). It is surprising that such a small percentage of people are pursuing agriculture and throws doubt over this data. v) The majority of the displaced families said they were residing and cultivating the lands since their forefathers. Only a small number said that they were there recently.
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fragile coastal area which has repe
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Board should stipulate appropriate
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from the site. Since mangrove veget
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potential hazardous units in this r
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photographs and voucher would be pr
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a) The project is highly significan
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have not been followed through by t
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dispensed with in the peculiar fact
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conduct of public hearings is elabo
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n Impact Identificatio n Mitigation
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hazards and affect their livelihood
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ecause of other industries in the a
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2 Dredging would affect Atharbanki
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were accepted or negatived. Failure
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118. As per the Interim Operational
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Officials has committed any mistake
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Introduction Section 6 Compliance o
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Some activities are permissible wit
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provided by POSCO-India Pvt Ltd and
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5th December, 1989; except transfer
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Location of slag yard in CRZ area p
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that any of these issues were discu
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Conclusions and Recommendations Par
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9. Though the MoEF is not the nodal
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concerned authorities to such poten
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As this report has demonstrated, wh
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A. Preparation of EIA. 1. EIA shoul
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e available to members of public el
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REFERENCES / ANNEXURES Annexure No.
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2010 Report. A-26 July 27 th , U.N.
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FRA and compliance. C-7 July, 2004
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Ghauj Jungle, Plot Nos. 1293 & 1294
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Members in Bhubaneshwar E - 18 4.10
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Annexure - H : CRZ serious concerns
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