International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 4
First page : ( 9) Last page : ( 18)
Online ISSN : 2249-7382.

Scope for Social Work intervention in preparation of a Resettlement Plan: A case study of a development project in Kashmir

Lone G. Hassan

Ph. D Scholar, School of Social Work (SOSW), IGNOU, New Delhi

Online published on 20 April, 2017.

Abstract

Present age is the age of development and the development will keep on going. It is through proper resettlement planning that the adverse impacts of the development projects can be assessed and mitigated. Resettlement of affected persons and rehabilitation of their lost assets and livelihood are critical and yet imperative social development exercises of infrastructure development projects. To cater to the needs of those affected, social work professionals are the best suited professionals to intervene in the field and promote wellbeing of those affected. Social workers through their interventions assist people to address their needs and issues. Social work skills are often deployed to good effect in collaborative work with other professionals, either in on-going multi-disciplinary teams or in ad hoc joint work around the needs of persons in need. Social workers can help in better family profiling of the affected families, assessing the vulnerability of marginalized, impacts on the community assets, specifying needs and proposing the livelihood restoration measures best suited keeping in view the socio-economic fabric of the community affected. This research study tries to explore the scope for social work intervention in preparation of a Resettlement Plan through study of an infrastructure development project in Kashmir valley of Jammu and Kashmir by taking a sample of 15 (10 road and 05 bridge) subprojects.

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Keywords

Social work, resettlement plan, development, intervention, infrastructure, scope.

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