Submerge Sports: A Case Study of Khuntapali Village of Bolangir District of Odisha

Abstract: This research examines how the Lower Suktel Irrigation Project (LSIP) in Odisha's Bolangir district has affected sports through displacement. The status of the displaced people's adaptation to the local athletic culture in opposition to the acquisition of land for the irrigation project is identified in the study. The primary data collected from 300 households in Khuntapali, a fully displaced community, using an open door-to-door survey. A specific study with a conflict viewpoint has been detailed using basic descriptive statistics. Caste, household size, total household income, land loss, compensation for land and house, education, ethnomedicine, culture, fair and festival, occupation, kinship relationship, and social relationship are among the factors included in the analysis. It is found that households losing large size land, education, occupation, forest-based livelihood source, kin/primary relationship, and social relationship in general and local sports are submerged in the dam.