Hyderabad: The state government on Friday issued orders exempting five major irrigation projects from the application of the provisions of Chapter II and III of the Centre's ‘Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013’.
The exemptions were made as per the provisions of the “Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Telangana Amendment) Act, 2016” passed by the TS Legislature in April this year.
The irrigation projects were exempted from the provisions of social impact assessment and special provision to safeguard food security.
The projects exempted from these provisions include Dindi project, Sitarama lift irrigation project, Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme, Pranahita project and Kaleshwaram project.
With this, there will be no need for TS government to prepare and conduct public hearing and publication of social impact assessment study.
