In the last two years since completion of dam, many houses have either been immersed or washed away, and people have been left without either a roof over their heads or proper rehabilitation The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Madhya Pradesh government to solve the rehabilitation-related problems of the project affected people of the Maheshwar dam in consultation with the affected people. NGT was responding to a petition by Antarsingh Patel of village Sulgaon and Sanjay Nigam of village Mardana who have been displaced by the dam. NGT has ordered the state government and the representatives of the displaced to exchange proposals within the next six weeks, following which the state government will be required to organise a meeting, during which decisions will be taken regarding rehabilitation of those displaced by the project. The meeting will have to be attended by representatives of the state and Central governments, the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Company, project proponents and representatives of the displaced.

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