Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arun Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024. In the application, the allegation is of illegal mining of soil upto 10-15 mtrs. depth from the farmer’s land by M/s Gowar Construction Limited, the project proponent in collusion with the …
Authorities of the horticulture and forest departments dealing with survey and compensation payment for the evacuees of the three-decade-old Somasila project have reportedly siphoned off compensation funds, meant for those who lost their trees along with their lands. Farmers said officials had created false records, mentioning the presence of hundreds …
The Tatas have shut down their offices in Tirunelveli and Sattankulam earlier this year and stopped any attempt to buy land, say company officials. The Rs 2,500-crore Tata Steel titanium dioxide project has been stalled with the Tatas giving up trying to buy land for the project in Tamil Nadu. …
Angered by government support for the POSCO steel plant, hundreds of protestors stormed police barricades in Orissa's Dhinkia. An eye-witness account by MANSHI ASHER APRIL 1, 2008. We are at Patna, a small village in Dhinkia panchayat of Ersama block in the East Coast of Orissa. Now referred to as
Professor Amartya Sen. in an article The Industrial strategy wrote recently that it is hard to do effective and secure income-raising without substantial industrial expansion. "This works not just through direct income generation but also through its indirect consequences in energising an economy and generating new skills'. Agriculture is primary …
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the West Bengal government on an appeal challenging the alleged acquisition of fertile agricultural land for Tata Motors' Nano car project at Singur and for Salem group at Haldia. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran, while …
Special economic zones came in for criticism in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday with CPI MP D Raja saying it was a kind of "land grab' which had created new and "modern zamindars' and it had debased the life of farmers, tribals and agricultural workers who are being deprived of …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has blown the election war bugle on the issue of rising prices with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani saying that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government should control the prices or quit. Mr. Advani was addressing the BJP parliamentary party meeting where rising prices …
There is discouraging news for the 1.76 lakh applicants of the countermanded draw of plots of July 2, 2004, who thought they still had a chance of competing in a fresh draw. The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) board has already passed a resolution that about 60% of the …
The Betul, Naqueri & Canaguinim Citizen Action Committee has threatened to intensify its ongoing agitation if the government fails to immediately scrap the Food Park and Auxiliary services for the Food Park, besides mining at Betul-Naqueri. A delegation of the Committee on Thursday morning called on Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat …
Land acquisition for the Science City project in the mandals of Obulacheruvu and Amadaguru in Anantapur district is snowballing into a major controversy in the wake of the Science City Consortium adopting a divide and rule policy on the issue of paying compensation to the affected farmers. The Science City …
Finding resentment against special economic zones (SEZs) in many parts of the country, including within its own organisation, the CPI(M) has decided to press the UPA government to change the SEZ Act to stop its misuse. West Bengal Chief Minister and Politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said: "The SEZ Act …
Farmers of the Gagret area organised a massive protest against the proposed SEZ and airport in the district on Wednesday. Thousands of farmers came out on the roads in tractor trailers. They were holding placards carrying slogans against the present government. They said the government was acquiring their ' land …
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday demanded a clear-cut, unambiguous and uniform policy for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) with emphasis on two points
Going by the slow pace of acquiring private land, the Namma Metro project may well join the long list of delayed projects of the City. It's been over three months since Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) began taking private properties into its possession for the Metro Rail project in …
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee affirmed on Wednesday that his government will go on using agricultural land for his state's industrialisation. Addressing the media at the 19th party congress of the CPI(M) here, Bhattacharjee said that West Bengal just did not have an option. "Sixty-three per cent of our …
Hundreds of people defied police and participated in a rally on Tuesday to reiterate their opposition to the setting up of a mega steel plant by Posco-India in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa. Armed with traditional weapons, the locals and their sympathisers from other parts of the State reached the rally …
On February 11, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development had issued advertisements inviting comments on the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill by February 22. The deadline for comments was very short. Activists were justifiably worried and suspicious. The committee looked like it was in …
The Asom Government claims from time to time that from 2001 onwards the fiscal reforms carried out in the State benefited the people to a large extent leading to rise in per capita income of the people. But the question that arises now is: Has the "rise' in per capita …
Social activists Medha Patkar and Bhai Vaidya have submitted a letter to Divisional Commissioner Nitin Kareer demanding a CBI inquiry into the land acquired for the Lavasa resort township, 60 kms from the city. Accompanied by villagers from the area who alleged fraudulent transactions, Patkar demanded that a committee should …
In Vidarbha, many farmers will not benefit from the waiver because they possess over two hectares of land. Above, Durpata Bhalerao Ataram, whose husband committed suicide in 2007. DURPATA BHALERAO ATARAM'S land is no longer an asset. It seems like a burden. She has 10 acres of it, but no …
