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    India petroleum ministry assures NHRC there will be no eviction of Chakmas, Deoris without compensation

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    The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) filed a complaint on January 20, 2022 against attempted eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris by the State government in connivance with the Oil India Ltd Company without paying fair compensation under the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 by claiming the lands as forest with the aim to not pay fair compensation and rehabilitation as requires under the LARR Act.

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    Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has assured the National Human Rights Commission that there will be no eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris without paying compensation.

    The National Human Rights Commission in its order dated 31.08.2022 closed the complaint against alleged forcible eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris from Mudokka Nallah and Sompoi-II villages under Diyun Circle of Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh for the "Onshore Oil and Gas exploration and development and drilling and production in Ningru Oil and Gas field in districts of Changlang and Namsai for Ningru PML Block by M/S Oil India Ltd" after the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas informed the NHRC that “no forceful eviction to be made without paying compensation to the affected persons. Action be taken in accordance with law.”

    The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) filed a complaint on January 20, 2022 against attempted eviction of the Chakmas and Deoris by the State government in connivance with the Oil India Ltd Company without paying fair compensation under the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 by claiming the lands as forest with the aim to not pay fair compensation and rehabilitation as requires under the LARR Act.

    The CDFI stated that the Chakma and Deori families are "project affected families" as per section 3(c) of LARR Act. Section 3(c) of the LARR Act states that affected family includes a family whose land or other immovable property has been acquired; a family which does not own any land but a member or members of such family may be agricultural labourers, tenants including any form of tenancy or holding of usufruct right, share-croppers or artisans or who may be working in the affected area for three years prior to the acquisition of the land, whose primary source of livelihood stand affected by the acquisition of land; family whose primary source of livelihood for three years prior to the acquisition of the land is dependent on forests or water bodies and includes gatherers of forest produce, hunters, fisher folk and boatmen and such livelihood is affected due to acquisition of land.

    “This protective order of the NHRC will go a long way to ensure the rights of the project affected Chakmas and Deoris. The project affected families are not opposing the oil drilling project per se but seeking the compensation as per the LARR Act which the Forest Department is denying as it seeks the compensation for itself which is illegal and unfortunate.” – stated Suhas Chakma, Founder of the CDFI.





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