DEVELOPMENT AND DISPLACEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF DAPCHARI VILLAGE IN PALGHAR DISTRICT

Process of development has resulted in problem of environmental imbalance and various concerns damaging environment and creating issues related future environmental protection. Dams are built across valley to store water for sole or multipurpose. They provide various benefits from recreational facilities to revenue generation, helping farming or preventing floods. Dams have always been very important in process of development. One of main reasons to construct a dam is to satisfy everyday need of water for domestic use as well as to provide water for agriculture purpose. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru used to call them “Temples of Morden India”. Although there are benefits of dam construction, but in the context of climate change and growing global demand for electricity, recent experience has shown that many dams have serious negative environmental, human, and political consequences.
Thus, construction of dams also results in environmental refugees.The present research is an empirical study of environmental refugees and their impact on climate change.The present paper is the case study of Dapchari and Khuballa village of Palghar district of Maharashtra.
This study focuses on problems faced by environmental migrants and effect on their life in various sphere