The document summarizes an assessment report on the Polepally Special Economic Zone in Telangana, India. It discusses how over 1,000 acres of land was acquired from three villages starting in 2001, displacing 339 families. While compensation was provided, the promised resettlement colony had not been built as of 2010. The displacement negatively impacted families economically, socially, and environmentally by removing their primary livelihood of farming and community ties. The assessment suggests that SEZ policies should not apply to prime agricultural lands and displace tribal communities, and that proper resettlement and rehabilitation was not adequately provided.

1. ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL
ECONOMIC ZONE
POLEPALLY TELANGANA
School of planning and architecture, New Delhi
Kush Agrawal

2. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE POLEPALLY TELANGANA
INTRODUCTION
• Polepally is situated on National Highway-7, about 96 km
from Hyderabad, in Andra Pradesh state now it is in
Telangana state.
• The Neighbouring villages of Mudireddipally and the
tribal hamlet of Gundlagadda Thanda, Polepally is the site
of an SEZ project covering over 1000 acres.
• For Polepally Special Economic Zone the land acquisition of
about 1000 acers was notified in 2001.
• The Original plan that year were to design as a “Green
Industrial Park” but in 2005, its formulated into Special
Economic Zone.
• This Special Economic Zone specially establish and the land
was allocated to many Pharmaceuticals firms engage in the
bulk manufacturing of pharmaceuticals products.
Village Name Land Acquire
(Acres)
Mudireddipally 300
Gundlagadda 150
Polepally 639
Presented by : Kush Agrawal

3. Related national, sector/state specific policies/legislations
The SEZ Act, 2005
 Accelerate the Economic
Growth through
increasing Export.
 Attracting investment as
well as domestic and
foreign.
 Promote as eco-friendly
zones to generate huge
employment.
The SEZ Act, 2005
SEZ generally requires the
forced acquisition of land and
the eviction of its previous
users. This is possible for
Indian states under the Land
Acquisition Act of 1894 for
“public purposes”.
Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG) – Investigation
body
Has investigated SEZs and
suggested that far from being
in the public interest, the net
effect is a strong loss of revenue
to the state because of foregone
tax revenue.
Government of Andhra Pradesh
resettlement and rehabilitation
policy 2005 for project affected
families
Minimize displacement and to
identify non- displacing or least-
displacing alternatives
To Plan the resettlement and
rehabilitation of PAFs/ PDFs
To provide better Standard of
living to PAFs and PDF's
Establishing mutual relationship
between PAF’s and required bodies

4. Institutions/stakeholders involved and their role
Stakeholders
The all three habitations
of the affected area:
Polepally village,
Gundlagadda Thanda a
Lambada tribal hamlet,
and Mudireddipally
village.
Polepally and
Gundlagadda Thanda are
most affected compared
to Mudiredipally.
Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG) –
“Investigation body”
Has investigated SEZs and
suggested that far from
being in the public interest,
the net effect is a strong loss
of revenue to the state
because of foregone tax
revenue.
Andra Pradesh Industrial
Infrastructure Corpora-
tion Limited (APIIC)
“Land Acquiring
Authority”
The APIIC acquiring land
with the coordination of
state government.

5. Land acquisition, extent, disputes and number and types of DPs and PAPs
 Around 1150 acres were acquired for the SEZ from the
three villages, Polepally, Gundla- gadda Thanda and
Mudireddipally.
 land Acquired form total 339 families.
 160 families lost land that was allocated to them under
the previous land reform programme of the
government. Such lands are known as “assigned lands”.
 The remaining 179 land-loser families lost “acquired
land” (otherwise known as patta land) for which they
held formal title. The caste background of these
families is unclear, but they were mostly small and
marginal- ised farmers.
 These families received compensation related
(according to the governments estimations) to market
value.
Village Name Land Acquire (Acres)
Mudireddipally 300
Gundlagadda 150
Polepally 639
Acquiring Land in (Acres)
Displaced families 160
Project affected
persons
179

6. R&R package and process of resettlement and rehabilitation
 The Compensation package is excluded R&R packages and
processes.
 The Resettlement and card issued by the state government for
displaced families under Government of andhra pradesh
resettlement and rehabilitation policy 2005 for project
affected families.
 Despite the eviction process going ahead, peaking in 2004 and
2005, the promised housing colony has not yet been constructed.
 April 11, 2010, an area of 26.83 acres had been demarcated
with a plot of 200 sq yards plot for each house site.
 One respondent raised critical objections to the housing colony
plans, in particular that the land selected is too low-lying
and unsuitable for housing and that the land will remain in
the names of the company, preventing families from mortgaging
or selling it.
 the housing scheme had been constructed on time and as
promised.
Type of Land Rs./Acers
Quality of Soil, the crops cultivated,
infrastructure in place(irrigation equipment).
18,000
Regular formal ownership, patta lands valued
according to use National Highway
50,000-
1,80,000
% Received Compensation Rs./Acers
31% >50,000
29% 50,000-1,00,000
3.4% <10,00,000
7.69% Not received
Rate Variation for Compensation /Acers
Category wise Compensation Received in %

7. Impact of displacement and R&R: are DPs and PAPs better or worse,
economically, socially, overall quality of life?
Economic Impact
 Loss of farmland
 Loss of wells and bore
wells
 Loss of cattle sheds
 Loss of livestock
 Loss of trees
 Impact on local
employment
 Child labour
 Food security
Environment Impact
 Impact on Health
 Increasing mortality
Social Impact
 Impact on women
 Breakdown the
collective life

8. Your assessment and suggestions for improvement in any of above
Assessment
 For this project the people acquiring prime agriculture area and affected peoples are tribal
because of this project they were lost there livelihood all though the people are not educated
and there is no other source to income for the affected peoples’
 This scenario push them into poverty.
 The authorities started this project as a green park project, on the compensation time they
notified this land under SEZ for escaping to provide the resettlement and rehabilitation
packages, according to SEZ act the compensation provided under Land Acquisition act 1894
and in this LA act there is no Resettlement and rehabilitation packages are mentioned.
Suggestions
 Special economic zone policy and industrial should not be applicable to prime agriculture
land.
 Its should be go with barren land and waste land.

9. Reference's
Report on: The impact of Special Economic Zones in India: A case study of Polepally SEZ
Andra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corpora- tion Limited (APIIC)