4.5.2 Applicability of the suggested LUPg system in MAs
of India
The suggested LUPg system considers the aspirations of the
local people/society around with the top priority. Because of this it may appear
to be an impossible/impracticable/unimplementable proposition to some executing
authorities. While in the present volume it is being urgued that this is the fact
which will make LUMPs generated through such system more implementable, justifiability
of such consideration has been discussed enough, support to it can be obtained
from the past experiences. Mention may be made of India's experience obtained
during limestone mining in Doon Valley, iron-ore mining at Kudremukh, at Gandhamardan
and many other mining areas. All these help the planners to realise only one fact
that no activity, whatever good it may be, cannot be conducted without enjoying
support from the people around.
The presently suggested planning system makes use of this experience. The idea
is that, the "representatives of the society around" will work as spokes-men of
the society. Involvement of these people in the "planners' group", by calling
them at each and every general body meeting hold after each step and by considering
their aspirations with top priority will help "gaining their confidence" and the
plan developed like this will be really a plan developed (partially) "by them"
and to take care their aspirations and hence "for protecting their interest" and
thus very minimum resistance will be faced in implementation of such LUMP.
Already it has been gathered through personal communications that in some MAs
the society is being involved, in some way or other, in planning which is producing
a better ease of implementation of the plans. Mention may be made of the following
facts:
* The Pakhar Bauxite mine of Hindalco is involving the local people and land owners
in deciding reclamation plan (Kumar, 2002).
* The Dalmiya Cement industry is meeting the villagers around once in every two
months to get comments from them (Kartikeyan, 2002).
* The Grassim Cement Industries Ltd. is having continuous interaction with the
society around in collecting their ideas on aspirations and problems (Rao, K.
K. 2002).
*Vasavadata Cement Company is having regular meeting with the local people to
have communications (Dixit, 2002).
* Wadi Cement Works (Limestone mine) are looking after the problems of some of
the local villages (Mehta, 2002).
* Sagar Cements (Limestone mine) are working with hand in hand with local people
(Ramana, 2002).