Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Odisha Announces ₹75.6 Crore Rehabilitation Package for Displaced Nolias
Odisha’s government announced money and housing help for families who lost their homes in 1984.
These families live in Golabandha in Ganjam district and are known as Nolias.
They were moved because land was needed to build the Army Air Defence College.
There are 1,371 eligible families in the special package.
Each family will receive ₹5 lakh to help them become financially secure.
The government will also finish some unfinished homes and build new ones.
More money will improve roads and other facilities in their new colony.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said earlier governments had ignored the families.
He also gave land documents to some families displaced by another irrigation project.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched a rehabilitation package worth over ₹75.6 crore for 1,371 Nolia families in Golabandha, Ganjam.
The families were displaced in 1984 for construction of the Army Air Defence College and had awaited resolution for decades.
Each eligible family will receive ₹5 lakh through direct benefit transfer, totaling ₹68.55 crore.
The package includes ₹4.25 crore for housing assistance and over ₹2.8 crore for infrastructure in Kirtipur Colony.
Majhi also distributed land records to 96 of 112 families displaced by the Chheligada Medium Irrigation Project.
- Who
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and 1,371 displaced Nolia families of Golabandha.
- What
- The state launched a rehabilitation and resettlement package worth over ₹75.6 crore and distributed some land records.
- When
- The announcement and programme took place on Thursday; the families were displaced in 1984.
- Where
- Golabandha in Ganjam district, Odisha; related land records were distributed to families affected by the Chheligada project.
- Why
- To provide compensation, housing, infrastructure and land support to families displaced by development projects.
Chief Minister’s Criticism
BJD’s Position
Handling of displaced families
Chief Minister’s Criticism
Mohan Charan Majhi accused the Biju Janata Dal of using Ganjam for political interests during its 24 years in power while neglecting displaced Nolia families.
BJD’s Position
The article does not provide a response or alternative position from the Biju Janata Dal.
Resolution of the Golabandha issue
Chief Minister’s Criticism
Majhi said his government had prioritized and permanently solved a problem that had remained unresolved for four decades after the 1984 displacement.
BJD’s Position
No Biju Janata Dal reaction to the government’s claim is reported in the article.
- Total package
- Over ₹75.6 crore
- Beneficiary families
- 1,371 eligible Nolia families
- Family compensation
- ₹5 lakh per family through direct benefit transfer
- Compensation total
- ₹68.55 crore
- Housing assistance
- ₹4.25 crore to complete 998 houses and build 10 new houses
- Colony infrastructure
- More than ₹2.8 crore for Kirtipur Colony
- Other land beneficiaries
- Land records were initially given to 96 of 112 families displaced by the Chheligada Medium Irrigation Project