Dandakaranya Project

Dandakaranya Project (DNK) is also known as DNK project was set up in September 1958 for the settlement of displaced persons from former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)and for integrated development of the area with particular regard to the promotion of the interests of the local tribal population.

History

In 1947 when India got independence and some parts of India was also divided into Pakistan. The Hindu people residing there moved to India as refugees. In the first phase people were settled in west Bengal state and in 2nd phase people were settled at Assam and Tripura, as there were no rooms for more people in West Bengal Assam and Tripura central government (union government) decided to give them rooms at others states like part of Madhya Pradesh (which is now chattisgarh), Odisa and Andra Pradesh. In the 3rd phase refugees being sent to places like Andaman Islands.[1][2][3]

Most of the places where Bengali refugees were settled belong to tribal people. So the union government (which is now central government) decided for Dandakaranya project so that the Bengali refugees will be resettled there and integrate uplift of area belong to tribal people. Dandakaranya project was run by Dandakaranya Development Authority(D.D.A) and the project was conceptualies in 1947. [4][5]

In 1947 a high level committee Known as the AMPO committee Andra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh (the part is known as Chhattisgarh) and Odisa was formed to enquire about the soil conservation, forest and health departments. Later they declared that dhandakaranya project will play a vital role to both the Bengali refugees and tribal people residing there. In 1958 the Dandakarnaya Development Authority was set up with its headquarters at Koraput.[6][7][8][9]

Project at glance

Failure of project

In 1964 Saibal gupta the chairman of DDA, blew the whistle on the Project in the series of damning articles. He said that less than 10 percent of the soil was not fit for farming .There were difficulties in agriculture colonization in Dandakaranya Project due to rainfall variability, aridity, land reclamation, soil and hydrological problems . [14]

Chief Administrator of Dandakaranya Project

Anthony Leocadia Fletcher was the chief administrator of Dandakaranya Project from 1950 to 1960.

Website

DandakaranyaSamachar [15]

News

References

  1. ↑ Dandakaranya Project. "A Massacre In Dandakaranya". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Management. "MANAGEMENT OF DANDAKARANYA PROJECT, KOREPUT". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Project review. Developing Bastar: The Dandakaranya Project. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ News of Dandkaranya. "Rebirth of Bangladeshi Hindu Refugee - Dandakaranya". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ refugees. refugees and Borders : The Great Exodus of 1971. p. 151. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Dandkaranya Project. Dandakaranya: A Survey of Rehabilitation. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. ↑ work. Villages Established. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Project Detail. "Rs. 7.81 crores has been provided for Rehabilitation". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  9. ↑ The Hindu News. "From an editorial Desk". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. ↑ The Telegraph. "Malkangiri News". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Regugees settlers. Koraput District in Umerkot Zone. p. 209. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  12. ↑ railway line. "The Kothavalasa-Kirandaul line". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  13. ↑ History. Bolangir-Kiriburu Project. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  14. ↑ failure of Project. The spoils of Partion Bengal and India. p. 140. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  15. ↑ website. "Official website of Dandakaranya Samachar". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  16. ↑ news. "Struggles Of A Different Kind Published in 1999". Retrieved 25 February 2015.