‘Only 4% of Polavaram evacuees rehabilitated’ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/only-4-of-polavaram-evacuees-rehabilitated/article34306597.ece T. Appala Naidu April 13, 2021
about 53% of the total 5.8 lakh the Polavaram project oustees are tribals.
“By April, only 4,000 of the more than 1.5 lakh affected families have been rehabilitated. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has mandated the completion of the rehabilitation and resettlement process on par with the construction of the project. However, the State government appears to be preparing to force the oustees to leave their habitation without compensating them,”