Preservation of Natural Resources, Relocation Rehabilitation, and its Consequences

Abstract

To promote sustainable development of cities and communities, various initiatives on preserving natural resources have been going on for a long time and have increased many folds in recent times all over the world. Sometimes preservation of natural resources results in certain sections of the population being displaced and resettled at some other location. This displacement gives birth to various challenges. If these challenges are not addressed on time, the relocation may not be successful and people may end up coming back to the original place, thereby making the project of resettlement a failure. Besides the preservation of natural resources, there are various other reasons for displacement depending upon the type of project to be undertaken. This study discusses a case of displacement which is caused by the implementation of the project for the protection of the environment, more specifically for the protection of a water body called Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.