ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE POLEPALLY TELANGANA

the is the detailed assessment of special economic zone in Telangana region which is highlighting the how the peoples facing difficulties to get compensation.

1. ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE POLEPALLY TELANGANA School of planning and architecture, New Delhi Kush Agrawal

2. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE POLEPALLY TELANGANA INTRODUCTION Polepally is situated on National Highway-7 , about 96 km from Hyderabad , in Andra Pradesh state now it is in Telangana state. The N eighbouring villages of Mudireddipally and the tribal hamlet of Gundlagadda Thanda , Polepally is the site of an SEZ project covering over 1000 acres . For Polepally Special Economic Zone the land acquisition of about 1000 acers was notified in 2001. The Original plan that year were to design as a “Green Industrial Park” but in 2005, its formulated into Special Economic Zone. This Special Economic Zone specially establish and the land was allocated to many Pharmaceuticals firms engage in the bulk manufacturing of pharmaceuticals products. Village Name Land Acquire (Acres) Mudireddipally 300 Gundlagadda 150 Polepally 639 Presented by : Kush Agrawal

3. Related national, sector/state specific policies/legislations The SEZ Act, 2005 Accelerate the Economic Growth through increasing Export. Attracting investment as well as domestic and foreign. Promote as eco-friendly zones to generate huge employment. The SEZ Act, 2005 SEZ generally requires the forced acquisition of land and the eviction of its previous users. This is possible for Indian states under the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 for “public purposes”. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG ) – Investigation body Has investigated SEZs and suggested that far from being in the public interest , the net effect is a strong loss of revenue to the state because of foregone tax revenue. Government of Andhra Pradesh resettlement and rehabilitation policy 2005 for project affected families M inimize displacement and to identify non- displacing or least- displacing alternatives To Plan the resettlement and rehabilitation of PAFs / PDFs To provide better Standard of living to PAFs and PDF's Establishing mutual relationship between PAF’s and required bodies

4. Institutions/stakeholders involved and their role Stakeholders The all three habitations of the affected area: Polepally village, Gundlagadda Thanda a Lambada tribal hamlet, and Mudireddipally village. Polepally and Gundlagadda Thanda are most affected compared to Mudiredipally . Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG ) – “Investigation body” Has investigated SEZs and suggested that far from being in the public interest , the net effect is a strong loss of revenue to the state because of foregone tax revenue. Andra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corpora- tion Limited (APIIC) “Land Acquiring Authority” The APIIC acquiring land with the coordination of state government.

5. Land acquisition, extent, disputes and number and types of DPs and PAPs Around 1150 acres were acquired for the SEZ from the three villages, Polepally , Gundla - gadda Thanda and Mudireddipally . land Acquired form total 339 families. 160 families lost land that was allocated to them under the previous land reform programme of the government. Such lands are known as “assigned lands ”. The remaining 179 land-loser families lost “acquired land” (otherwise known as patta land) for which they held formal title. The caste background of these families is unclear, but they were mostly small and marginal- ised farmers. These families received compensation related (according to the governments estimations) to market value. Village Name Land Acquire (Acres) Mudireddipally 300 Gundlagadda 150 Polepally 639 Acquiring Land in (Acres) Displaced families 160 Project affected persons 179

6. R&R package and process of resettlement and rehabilitation The Compensation package is excluded R&R packages and processes. The Resettlement and card issued by the state government for displaced families under Government of andhra pradesh resettlement and rehabilitation policy 2005 for project affected families . Despite the eviction process going ahead, peaking in 2004 and 2005, the promised housing colony has not yet been constructed. April 11, 2010, an area of 26.83 acres had been demarcated with a plot of 200 sq yards plot for each house site . One respondent raised critical objections to the housing colony plans, in particular that the land selected is too low-lying and unsuitable for housing and that the land will remain in the names of the company, preventing families from mortgaging or selling it. the housing scheme had been constructed on time and as promised . Type of Land Rs ./Acers Quality of Soil, the crops cultivated, infrastructure in place(irrigation equipment). 18,000 Regular formal ownership, patta lands valued according to use National Highway 50,000-1,80,000 % Received Compensation Rs ./Acers 31% >50,000 29% 50,000-1,00,000 3.4% <10,00,000 7.69% Not received Rate Variation for Compensation /Acers Category wise Compensation Received in %

7. Impact of displacement and R&R: are DPs and PAPs better or worse, economically, socially , overall quality of life? Economic Impact Loss of farmland Loss of wells and bore wells Loss of cattle sheds Loss of livestock Loss of trees Impact on local employment Child labour Food security Environment Impact Impact on Health Increasing mortality Social Impact Impact on women Breakdown the collective life

8. Your assessment and suggestions for improvement in any of above Assessment For this project the people acquiring prime agriculture area and affected peoples are tribal because of this project they were lost there livelihood all though the people are not educated and there is no other source to income for the affected peoples’ This scenario push them into poverty. The authorities started this project as a green park project, on the compensation time they notified this land under SEZ for escaping to provide the resettlement and rehabilitation packages, according to SEZ act the compensation provided under Land Acquisition act 1894 and in this LA act there is no Resettlement and rehabilitation packages are mentioned. Suggestions Special economic zone policy and industrial should not be applicable to prime agriculture land. Its should be go with barren land and waste land.

9. Reference's Report on: The impact of Special Economic Zones in India: A case study of Polepally SEZ Andra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corpora- tion Limited (APIIC)