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SESSION 5: DEVELOPMENT, LAND ACQUISITION & RESETTLEMENT: IMPERATIVES FOR CUSTOMARY INSTITUTIONS & COMMUNITY LAND ACCESS

CONFERENCE HALL 2

Welcome & Context Setting

Moderator: Dr Bitopi Dutta

Royal Global University 

Lead Presentation

Uprooted for Whose Benefit? Four Decades of Development-Induced Displacement in Northeast India

Dr. Walter Fernandes

Northeastern Social Research Centre (NESRC)

NEN case

Ms Pamchingla Kumrah

NEN

Project rationale and land needs of the energy transition; how acquisition is done in Sixth Schedule areas

Shri Prabir Kumar Dutta

Govt of Assam

Mining and Hydro land acquisition on clan and village land: consent processes, pre-feasibility surveys and community responses.

Ms Linda Chhakchhuak

Grassrooots Options

River and Land Dynamics in Brahmaputra Valley: Meandering & Hydro projects and land tenure

Dr Partha J Das,

Aranyak, Guwahati,

Plenary Discussion & Synthesis

Floor Q&A, synthesis of actionable points for the declaration of drafting committee.

Open Floor

Facilitated by Moderator