Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Odisha Unveils Rs 75.60-Crore Rehabilitation Package for Golabandha Families
The Odisha government has announced money and housing help for families who were displaced many years ago.
The Golabandha families had waited nearly 40 years for a lasting rehabilitation solution.
There are 1,371 families covered by the main package.
Each eligible family will receive Rs 5 lakh directly in its bank account.
The government will also finish some houses and build new ones.
Roads, lights, toilets, a market and other facilities will be developed at Kirtipur Colony.
Land papers were also given to 96 families displaced by the Cheligada irrigation project.
The government says the remaining land papers will be distributed soon.
It also expects the Cheligada project to help irrigate more than 6,000 hectares.
The Odisha government launched a Rs 75.60-crore rehabilitation and resettlement package for 1,371 displaced Nolia families at Golabandha.
Eligible families will receive Rs 5 lakh each through Direct Benefit Transfer, totaling Rs 68.55 crore for economic rehabilitation.
The package includes Rs 4.25 crore for completing 998 houses, building 10 new houses and providing housing assistance.
More than Rs 2.80 crore will fund roads, lighting, public facilities and other infrastructure at Kirtipur Colony.
Land and homestead pattas were distributed to 96 of 112 Cheligada project-displaced families, with the rest expected shortly.
- Who
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced the package for displaced Nolia families; Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari also addressed rehabilitation efforts.
- What
- The government launched a Rs 75.60-crore Rehabilitation and Resettlement package and distributed land and homestead pattas to some Cheligada project-displaced families.
- When
- The announcement was made on Thursday; the families have been waiting nearly four decades.
- Where
- The programme was held at Golabandha in Ganjam district, with rehabilitation planned at Kirtipur Colony and Santharapur in Digapahandi.
- Why
- The package is intended to provide economic rehabilitation, housing, land and infrastructure to families displaced by earlier government and defence-related projects.
- Main package
- Rs 75.60 crore for 1,371 Golabandha families
- Family compensation
- Rs 5 lakh per eligible family through Direct Benefit Transfer
- Economic rehabilitation allocation
- Rs 68.55 crore
- Housing assistance
- Rs 4.25 crore for completing 998 houses and constructing 10 new houses
- Kirtipur Colony infrastructure
- More than Rs 2.80 crore for roads, lighting, an Anganwadi centre, market complex, public toilets, cyclone shelter and beach-area levelling
- Cheligada pattas
- 96 of 112 displaced families received land and homestead pattas
- Cheligada land allocation
- Each rehabilitated family is to receive 10 decimals of homestead land and two acres of agricultural land