Socio-Economic Profile of Displaced Household is based on the doctoral
dissertation for Utkal University, by Dr. Bholeswar Sahu who himself is an
oustee of the Rengali Dam Project and who has personally undergone the trauma of
displacement. To realise the goals of unlimited growth and affluence of the
human population the governments in developing countries plan and implement many
mega development projects including river dams which cause massive involuntary
displacement of human population. However, the displacement effects of Rengali
Dam Project on Brahmani river in Orissa clearly point to the fact that in the
absence of suitable and need-based R & R Policy measures, the poor and