Haryana compensates farmers for nuke plant land

  • 04/08/2012

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

The Haryana Government has given over Rs.189 crore as compensation to 387 farmers whose land was acquired to set up a nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district. The compensation was given to farmers in Gorakhpur, Baropal and Kajalheri villages in the district, where more than 615 acres of land have been acquired for the proposed nuclear power plant, Revenue Officer Ram Singh Bishnoi said here on Friday. While 268 farmers of Gorakhpur village were given a compensation of over Rs.154 crore for about 503 acres of land, those in Baropal village were given Rs.34 crore for 110 acres, he said. - PTI