Amritsar farmers angry, want acquired land back

  • 17/10/2008

  • Indian Express (Chandigarh)

Land released to private builders by successive governments in Punjab, including the controversial 32 acres exempted by the Congress which led to the expulsion of Amarinder Singh from the state Assembly, has driven farmers up the wall. About 1,000 persons, whose land was acquired by the Government and handed over to the Amritsar Improvement Trust some time ago, are now demanding it back. Their land, nearly 160 acres, was part of the original 275 acres acquired by the government, out of which 87 acres were once released by the Badal government and then another 32 acres by the Congress, both to private developers. Announcing the formation of the Amritsar Farmers