The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has assured the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that it would not evict any exploration project-affected people in Arunachal Pradesh without paying compensation to them.
The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) filed a complaint on January 20 against the attempted eviction of Chakma and Deori communities from Mudukka Nallah and Sompoi-II villages under Diyun circle of Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district for an onshore oil and gas exploration and drilling project.
The CDFI had slammed the State government for planning the eviction “in connivance with” Oil India Limited without paying the affected people fair compensation under the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013, by claiming the people were staying on forestland.