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148 State Excesses and Human Rights Violations Struggle of people from Kasipur (Photo Samata ) More than 60 false criminal cases have been filed on the local leaders of the movement so far. People, however, organised rallies, public meetings and strikes to prevent the project from being implemented. On 16 December 2000, police entered the area and opened fire indiscriminately at the people and three adivasis were killed with many seriously injured. Since then, the situation in Kasipur is tense, with clashes between adivasis who are opposing the project and those outside, who are instigated by corporate agents. The interference of police and sporadic clashes that occur every time increase pressure and harassment on people, and have threatened the security and peace in the area. It was with great difficulty that the case study was conducted as the study team, faced antagonism, suspicion and intimidation from the community who have had to deal with constant political and corporate manipulations. Table 2.24 gives some demographic details of the project area in Kasipur. According to the official statistics, the project will displace 148 households of three villages namely Dom Koral, Kendukhunti and Ramibeda. Table 2.25 gives some information on dispalcemet in Kasipur villages visited. In 2007, two villages, Ramibeda and Kendukhunti were relocated to the DP camp at Nuapada. A total of 147 families shifted to this colony from the two villages, while the resettlement colony for Dom Koral is still under construction. At the new DP camp, the company provided housing, electricity, drinking water and a school with a local teacher. The rehabilitation and resettlement plan according to UAIL’s promises consists of a house, a tank for bathing, community centre, a pond for bathing and washing, school, playground for the children with other essential facilities to the displaced people. It was also stated that rehabilitation and resettlement would be based on land for land compensation. Further, each displaced family was to be given 10 cents of land with a house of 300 sq feet. 273 However, no such rehabilitation took place so far, although the families have been displaced. The villagers complain that the compensation given to the displaced is worse than what was provided in Damanjodi by NALCO. As expressed by the affected families, 80–90 per cent of those who lost land are yet to receive compensation. In the initial stage, UAIL gave Rs.21,300 per acre and in the second phase it decided to give Rs. 1 lakh per acre as compensation. Further, the company declared to increase the compensation prices to 1 lakh more per acre. However, this was not implemented as promised. Promises of jobs were made by the company, but only irregular daily wage labour is currently available and the people see no scope of employment in the future either as they have come to know that the mining will be highly mechanised. The affected area is the source of around 130 streams which feed the three major rivers that flow from here-—he Nagavali, Indravati and Vamsadhara. Most of the land lost for the project is wetland with atleast two crops of paddy and multiple cereals and pulses grown in these lands. 274 Situation of <strong>Children</strong> in the Displacement Camp and Villages Affected The community leaders, PSSP leaders and anganwadi workers of the area were interviewed to get a picture of the status of education of the children in this area. It was told by the above that almost 50 per cent of the children are out of school and involved in either agriculture or mining related labour. The information from discussions with the above groups is distinctly varying from the information available under the government DISE report cards, with regard to school enrolment and drop-out rates. We present below both the sources of information, but unless an indepth household 273. Das. V 2001 Mining Bauxite, Maiming People, Economic and political weekly July 2001, pp- 2612-2613, interview carried out in Maikanch on 24th June 2009 274. Statement of Bhagvan Majhi, Convenor, PSSP
149 Table 2.24: Some demographic details of the project area, Kasipur Sl Total no. Total Sex-wise Village- Drinking Medical Occupations no. of house- population population wise caste water care holds break-up source Male Female 1 300 Approximately 1,100 900 50/SC (Dombo); River, 5 1 PHC Agriculture, 2,000 6/OBC working wage labour, (blacksmith); borewells teacher, police 244/STs force 2 340 2,600 1,250 1,350 280/ST; 20/SC; River, stream, No Agriculture, 40/ OBC (sundi); borewell wage labour, 1/Brahmin exchange of skills (barter system) 3 30 130 60 70 / ST River, tube No Agriculture well 4 45 220 120 100 > 30/ST; River, No Agriculture remaining/SC borewell 5 400 2,500 1,300 1,200 70/ST (approx); River, 5 No Agriculture, 330/SC borewells wage labour, barter of labour govt. jobs 6 170 1,200 700 500 15–20/SC; River, stream, No Agriculture remaining/ST borewell 7 150 850 450 400 70/SC; >80/ST River, stream No Agriculture, borewell barter of labour 8 147 1,200 700 500 107/ST River, 1 sub- Earlier (DP Camp bore well PHC agriculture, inhabitants); now wage 30–40/SC labour in company Village name: (1)Kucheipadar, (2) Maikanch, (3) Ramibeda, (4) Kendukhunti, (5) Koral both D. Koral and Tala Koral, (6) Bagrijhola, (7) Dwimundi, (8) DP Camp Source: Primary data collected (figures are approximate based on people’s statements) survey is conducted, it would be difficult to get an accurate picture of the actual number of children out of school and working as child labour. However, the other sources of secondary data provided in the state overview of Orissa show that there is a substantial rate of school drop-out children in this area of Koraput and Rayagada. First person interviews with families who were resettled revealed that many children have now shifted to construction and other daily wage labour activities, after the mining related construction work started since 2005. Table 2.26 gives information on enrolment data for study villages in Kasipur block. The families displaced are mainly working as daily wage labour in the company activities like road construction, construction of bridges, walls and other odd forms of casual labour which is not a regular income or livelihood.
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India’s Childhood in the "Pits" A
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Table of Contents About the Study 3
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27 2,055 children enrolled in Santu
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31 GURIA is a dark-eyed little girl
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35 In several districts of Rajastha
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37 Table 1.4: Total number of child
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41 children are working in mines in
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43 significant problem. A study car
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45 Part II State Reports 1. Karnata
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48 basic healthcare to its populati
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50 Kolar district: Key facts Total
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52 and pursued higher education. Th
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56 number of children working in th
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58 almost every child is absent for
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60 Table 2.02: Survey on children n
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62 the village were cough, eye infe
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65 Maharashtra State Overview Mahar
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69 poverty, (ii) education, (iii) h
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71 Quarry is a very big area spread
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88 usually not strong enough to car
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90 Inadequate Health Facilities Sev
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92 Many of the Workers in the Mines
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94 that 296,979 children aged betwe
Page 96 and 97: 96 This case study covered two mine
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Page 102 and 103: 102 Conclusions Panna, once a rich
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Page 110 and 111: 110 Table 2.11: Enrolment of childr
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Page 114 and 115: 115 Jharkhand State Overview The st
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Page 122 and 123: 123 due to multiple government duti
Page 124 and 125: 125 Uranium Corporation of India Li
Page 126 and 127: 128 farming and forestry. It is the
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Page 132 and 133: 134 the impacts are visibly evident
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Page 136 and 137: 138 Table 2.17: School enrolment da
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Page 186 and 187: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE RIGHT TO IN
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200 Karnataka The tables below give
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