However, without patta will be treated as squatters. Changes made in RPF The policy has been amended to include housing and house site grant to address the concerns of residential squatters. The contract documents have a clause to provide employment on preferential basis to affected people as unskilled employees. Employment opportunity should be 4 provided to affected people. Further, one person from amongst the vulnerable households are being provided with training for skill development and cash assistance of Rs.5,000 The Draft RPF has provision for Grievance Cells and names of officers designated, Local level compliant cell and the their contact numbers and the process of contact numbers should be made 5 lodging a complaint will be disclosed available to public through newspaper through handouts to all affected people advertisement. and local body representatives as a first step in RP implementation. Changes made in Draft RPF The entitlement matrix should have 6 The EM amended to include this provision provisions for assistance to artisans (ref S.No.2.4) Assistances such as subsistence allowance and shifting assistance may Changes made in Draft RPF be shifted loss of residence and 7 The EM amended to include this provision commercial, as those losing only land (ref 2.6, 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5) will not entail relocation in linear projects such as this No change is being made in the policy Restrict assistance to squatters only regarding this as TNRSP in consultation 8 among the vulnerable with GoTN has taken this decision after series of discussion. The compensation for structure should be as per PWD rates and there are no Changes made in Draft RPF 9 separate rates for rural/urban and Suitable edited para 2.18 residential/commercial The rental allowance for tenants may No change is being made in the policy be revised considering the high rental regarding this as TNRSP in consultation 10 in urban areas. It was suggested to with GoTN has taken this decision after reduce the allocation for rural and series of discussion. increase the same for urban areas. there is a policy decision at BSNL requested that they also be paid government level, that BSNL and other for utility shifting like other line 11 private telecom operators will have of shift departments such as electricity and the utility lines at their cost The same may water lines be taken up by BSNL with GoTN Structure owners in RoW should be Such cases will be dealt by GRC on a 12 eligible for structure compensation case to case basis.
However, without patta will be treated as squatters. Changes made in RPF The policy has been amended to include housing and house site grant to address the concerns of residential squatters. 4 Employment opportunity should be provided to affected people. The contract documents have a clause to provide employment on preferential basis to affected people as unskilled employees. Further, one person from amongst the vulnerable households are being provided with training for skill development and cash assistance of Rs.5,000 5 Local level compliant cell and the contact numbers should be made available to public through newspaper advertisement. The Draft RPF has provision for Grievance Cells and names of officers designated, their contact numbers and the process of lodging a complaint will be disclosed through handouts to all affected people and local body representatives as a first step in RP implementation. 6 The entitlement matrix should have provisions for assistance to artisans Changes made in Draft RPF The EM amended to include this provision (ref S.No.2.4) 7 Assistances such as subsistence allowance and shifting assistance may be shifted loss of residence and commercial, as those losing only land will not entail relocation in linear projects such as this Changes made in Draft RPF The EM amended to include this provision (ref 2.6, 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5) 8 Restrict assistance to squatters only among the vulnerable No change is being made in the policy regarding this as TNRSP in consultation with GoTN has taken this decision after series of discussion. 9 The compensation for structure should be as per PWD rates and there are no separate rates for rural/urban and residential/commercial Changes made in Draft RPF Suitable edited para 2.18 10 The rental allowance for tenants may be revised considering the high rental in urban areas. It was suggested to reduce the allocation for rural and increase the same for urban areas. No change is being made in the policy regarding this as TNRSP in consultation with GoTN has taken this decision after series of discussion. 11 BSNL requested that they also be paid for utility shifting like other line departments such as electricity and water lines there is a policy decision at government level, that BSNL and other private telecom operators will have of shift the utility lines at their cost The same may be taken up by BSNL with GoTN 12 Structure owners in RoW should be eligible for structure compensation Such cases will be dealt by GRC on a case to case basis.
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