The Cost of Living
With the 3600(A. Roy 16) hydroelectric dams either going up or already built in India, there will undoubtedly be over 33,000,000 people displaced by the big dam’s reservoirs (16), most of which are Adivasi or Dalits (18), natives of India. Without a proper resettlement program in place, many are left with no place to go. Much of the land that’s needed for the reservoirs was confiscated, scammed away, or bullied into being sold by the government. And what land the government did buy, not everyone received the money they were supposed to. The resettlement programs that are in place, are best described by Roy “ I can warrant that the quality of their accommodation is worse than in any concentration of the Third Reich”(20). From what I gather from Roy, these resettlement sites sound pretty inhumane and I’m really surprised actions like that of the Indian government aren’t under fire of the U.N.
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Approximate Word count = 613
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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