Socio-cultural Status of Resettled Families: A Study of Sardar Sarovar Project

The life in tribal communities, particularly in closed environment, largely depends on socio-cultural conditions. Most of the social and ritual activities in these communities revolve around worship of supernatural power. But, these people are forced to settle in the plain area in the alien culture due to construction of Sardar Sarovar Project with different communities. Hence, they have to change themselves for survival. The present paper tries to study the impact of resettlement on social life of the resettled community. The study reveals that there is high impact of resettlement on social and cultural life of the resettled families. The celebration of tradition festivals has decreased after resettlement. Further, the method of performing and celebration of cultural activities at community level have also undergone change.