27-04-23 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

The <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-human-rights-commission”>National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the State Revenue and Disaster Management Department Principal Secretary to take appropriate action to compensate and rehabilitate the displaced people due to execution of Hirakud Dam in accordance with applicable law.

The NHRC has passed the final order adjudicating a petition and subsequent rejoinders filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy and the reports submitted by the Governments of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

The petition stated that even after seventy years, the rehabilitation of the 26,561 families displaced for construction of Hirakud Dam project is yet to be completed.

Pursuant to the directions of the NHRC, the State of Odisha submitted that total 3,500 HLO claimants for provision of house site patta have been allocated homestead land in the district and the number of cases attended in the last one year is more than 1,700. Villages like Jharapara and Ankali were within the outer bound of 632RL; therefore it may not be possible for the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/water-Resources“>Water Resources Department to relinquish the acquired land.

Total Rs 54,07,082 has already been paid as an ex-gratia compensation to 638 beneficiaries in Jharsuguda district. 213 DC patta holders are not traceable and 51DC patta holders died, the report stated. Total 2,508 DC pattas have been allotted in Sambalpur and 2,244 DC pattas have already been regularised in Jharsuguda district. No application for demarcation of DC patta is pending in Jharsuguda district.

Regarding survey of UN-surveyed village, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department vide notification dated 08.09.2021 has already notified for conduct of special survey and settlement and preparation of record of rights with respect to all lands lying in the limits of these villages.

The Anji Khad Bridge is supported by a single main pylon standing at a height of 331 meters above the river bed, with a height of 193 meters from the top of the foundation.

Uttar Pradeshhas achieved the second position nationally in terms of having the maximum number of Geographical Indication-tagged goods after receiving GI tags for three more ODOP crafts Mainpuri tarkashi,Mahoba Gaurastone craft, and Sambhal horn craft with the technical facilitation provided by the Varanasi-based NGO Human Welfare Association (HWA).

Naduhas maximum 55 GI-tagged goods while UP and Karnataka have 48 and 46 GI products, respectively. However, UP is first in terms of GI-tagged handicrafts with 36 crafts to its credit.

Currently Tamil Nadu has maximum 55 GI-tagged goods while UP and Karnataka have 48 and 46 Gi products, respectively. Among the 48 GI goods of UP, 36 products belong to the handicraft category. In Varanasi region alone, 18 GI-tagged goods out of 23 belong to the handicraft category.