ABSTRACT

Kashmir valley is a popular tourist destination and attracts abundant tourists from all over the world. To cater to the growing needs of annual and seasonal influx of tourists the state of Jammu & Kashmir has sought financial assistance from Asian development Bank to upgrade the transport infrastructure. But the execution of development projects perpetuates involuntary resettlement which in turn leads to adverse impacts on the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) in many ways. In order to address these adverse impacts resettlement planning is done to ensure that those affected are not left out in the process. However, the resettlement planning will be successful only when the Resettlement Plans (RPs) are prepared and implemented properly. There is no doubt that people-centered development is consistent with the values and goals of social work. A significant contribution of social work practice is its ability to span many levels of development.  This paper highlights the scope for social work intervention in the implementation of a resettlement plan so that the issues of those adversely affected are addressed and mitigated properly. A sample of 15 subprojects (10 roads and 05 bridges) executed in Kashmir valley which had involuntary resettlement impacts were considered for this study.