Adivare, Konkanewadi ready to part with land for landslide survivors

Though the administration is set on Adivare, they have devised a back-up plan too. In case they have issues at Adivare, they have a village at the Malin gaothan —Konkanewadi — where villagers have expressed willingness to hand out 15 acres. So, the administration is sure that there would not be any issue in the rehabilitation process.

With Rs 7 crore being allotted from the state government, the administration will buy land for rehabilitation at the rate decided. “The priority is to buy the land from the owners immediately and then the land will first be transferred to the state government and then it will be individually allotted to the villagers as was promised by the government,’’ assured the collector.

The focus being on permanent rehabilitation and even basic infrastructure, the entire process is estimated to take one year. “The land will also have to be approved by the Geological Survey of India. They have given a preliminary clearance and we would take a final approval from them,” he added.
With the state environmental appraisal committee asking for clearance of rehabilitation sites, the collector has assured that they would do the needful and get all clearances at the earliest to start the rehabilitation process. On September 2, the committee had decided that all rehabilitation sites must have environmental clearance before being approved.

The rehabilitation will see construction of 72 houses at the new site. While the town planners are working on it, there are also some private parties who have come forward and said that there could be different approaches to construct these homes.

Deliberations are on with the NGO Shaswat, that is working in the region, on whether there should be an owner drive construction approach, participatory construction approach or a  cashless construction management approach. “All options are being considered and the best proposal will be taken up,’’ said a district official.