Food Insecurity and Hunger in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A report on submergence affected areas and villages of Sardar Sarovar Project in Alirajpur

A writ petition 196/2001 (PUCL Vs UOI and Others) was filed in Supreme Court of India. The petition was filed after two kinds of news emerged from across the country: overwhelming pilferage and wastage of grain, on one hand, and so many citizens continuing to live with hunger, on the other. The Court has stated repeatedly that no one should sleep with hunger in this country. Many interim orders have been passed on the petition. There are various government schemes related to this case, like ICDS, MDM, PDS, NREGA, and there are others too that are more indirectly linked to the right to food.

To monitor the progress in the case and monitor implementation of its orders, the Supreme Court has appointed two Commissioners at the national level and their Advisors at state level. The State Advisor of Madhya Pradesh has recently visited the submergence affected areas and villages of Sardar Sarovar Project in Alirajpur, which lies in south west Madhya Pradesh. The report in your hands is a result of this visit. Before detailing the observations and findings, it is imperative that one considers the related history in brief.

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Valley of Food Insecurity and Chronic Hunger: A report from the office of the Madhya Pradesh advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioners in the Right to Food case

Fact-finding team
Sachin Kumar Jain (State Advisor) Rolly Shivhare, Madhukar & Soumitra Roy (Researchers)
July 2011