A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court alleging human rights violation and forced evictions in connection with a multi-purpose irrigation project at Polavaram, in west Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n
The petition, filed by a person affected by the project, has sought implementation of government orders on rehabilitation and resettlement of the displaced people.<\/p>\n
The matter was listed before Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who posted it for further hearing on August 24.<\/p>\n
The petitioner, Pentapati Pullarao, has also challenged the decision of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which he had approached first, to close the proceedings in the matter based on a news report that similar matters were pending in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Pullarao, in his plea, said he had initially challenged the NHRC order of June last year in the apex court, which on February 9 asked him to move the high court against the commission’s decision.
\nThe petition has alleged that the project authorities acquired the land between 2006-09 and took possession of it without giving adequate compensation to the people being displaced.<\/p>\n
According to the petitioner, the commission, during the proceedings before it, had asked the state of Andhra Pradesh to follow the government orders on rehabilitation and resettlement.<\/p>\n
It had also asked the state to prepare and circulate the procedure to be followed before, during and after the eviction, the plea said. <\/p>\n
However, the interim directions of the NHRC have not been complied with, the petition added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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