Nowhere to go
the Cabinet committee amendments to the Land Acquisition Act ( laa ), 1894, is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the Budget session. The Bill has been drafted by the Union ministry of rural areas and employment ( mra&e ). If passed, it is likely to displace millions of people, say experts. By the government's own admission, about 15 million people have been displaced since 1951 due to development activities, 75 per cent of whom still await rehabilitation.
To add fuel to the fire, R Kumaramangalam, the Union minister for power, has lashed out at environmentalists and non-governmental organisations ( ngo s) who have spoken against the proposed Bill. Despite the minister's threat to take his opponents to court, representatives of anti-displacement movements from all over India demonstrated in New Delhi against the proposed Bill on December 1 and have initiated a campaing against the Bill.
The proposed Bill gives sweeping powers to the government to acquire land for "public purposes'
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