33 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 23% of all the World Bank-financed projects in India. An estimated 388,794 people were displaced by 24 projects. The World Bank doesn't have information on the effects produced by the rest.
Top 3 projects per estimated # people physically or economically displaced
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* = This project was administered by the World Bank but paid through another financier.
Confirmed displacement (24) Possible displacement (9)
Confirmed displacement
Project name
Approval date
Status
Cost
Displaced people (estimated)
Second Gujarat State Highway Project (GSHP II) Dec. 13, 2013
Active
$175M
4,000
National Highways Interconnectivity Improvement Project Oct. 29, 2013
Active
$500M
23,016
Rajasthan Road Sector Modernization Project Oct. 29, 2013
Active
$160M
1,731
India Second Kerala State Transport Project May. 14, 2013
Active
$216M
103,480
Assam State Roads Project Mar. 13, 2012
Active
$320M
2,891
Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project Jun. 30, 2011
Active
$648M
5,159
IN National Ganga River Basin Project May. 31, 2011
Active
$1B
1,103
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor - I May. 31, 2011
Active
$975M
46,646
Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement Mar. 24, 2011
Active
$350M
15,516
IN Andhra Pradesh Water Sector Improvement Jun. 3, 2010
Active
$450.6M
12
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Municipal Development Project Dec. 10, 2009
Active
$300M
75
Sustainable Urban Transport Project Dec. 10, 2009
Active
$105.2M
5,564
Andhra Pradesh Road Sector Project Oct. 15, 2009
Active
$320M
9,046
Fifth Power System Development Project Sep. 22, 2009
Active
$1B
764
Haryana Power System Improvement Project Aug. 4, 2009
Active
$330M
3,907
India Orissa State Roads Project Sep. 30, 2008
Active
$250M
64,287
Rampur Hydropower Project Sep. 13, 2007
Closed
$400M
711
Himachal Pradesh State Roads Project Jun. 5, 2007
Active
$220M
16,896
Punjab State Road Sector Project Dec. 5, 2006
Active
$250M
3,977
Power System Development Project - III Jan. 19, 2006
Closed
$400M
704
Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project (TNUDP III) Jul. 5, 2005
Closed
$300M
3,300
India: Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project May. 3, 2005
Closed
$465M
360
Lucknow-Muzaffarpur National Highway Project Dec. 21, 2004
Closed
$620M
75,434
Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Project Apr. 8, 2004
Closed
$39.5M
215
