Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Shivaji Chatterjee Vs Himadri Chemical & Others dated 16/01/2018 regarding pollution caused by Himadri Chemicals, Singur, West Bengal. The Applicant Shivaji Chatterjee prays for an interim direction for inspection of the unit by a Committee which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Shivaji Chatterjee Vs Himadri Chemical & Others dated 16/01/2018 regarding pollution caused by Himadri Chemicals, Singur, West Bengal. The Applicant Shivaji Chatterjee prays for an interim direction for inspection of the unit by a Committee which …
In a set back to the Tatas, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the land acquired by the previous Left Front government in West Bengal for the Nano car plant, saying due processes and procedures were not followed. The land was acquired in 2006 for the car project, which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mohistikari Paribesh Jivan O Krishi Kalyan Mancha & Others Vs MoEF & Ors. dated 28/08/2014 regarding industrial pollution caused by a coal tar distillation factory, Singur, West Bengal. Previous Orders
The company is keen on new projects at earlier Nano site; bench adjourns hearing till next April for detailed arguments Tata Motors Ltd told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it wanted to retain the land given to it in Singur, West Bengal, for its Nano small car project, even …
Industries and commercial establishments in and around the city should brace for a steep hike in drinking water tariff as the Hyderabad Water Board has proposed a 100 per cent hike. However, domestic consumers will be spared. Department officials will make a detailed presentation to Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy …
The Calcutta High Court today took up a PIL claiming that over 100 hectares of agricultural land was forcibly bought from farmers by land mafia at Singur, the location of Tata Motors’ Nano abandoned factory. The PIL claimed that around 117 hectares of multi-crop land was forcibly bought from farmers …
Court order comes on hearing of a special leave petition filed by WB govt challenging quashing of Singur Land Acquisition Act The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Tata Motors to make its stand clear on its leasehold rights over the Singur land, as the company had already moved its small …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the land initially acquired by the West Bengal government for Tata Motors’s car plant in Singur should now go back to the farmers, while snubbing the company’s arguments over its existing lease-hold rights over the land. A Bench of Justices H L Dattu …
The Supreme Court today asked Tata MotorsBSE -1.26 % to consider returning to farmers the land allotted for its Nano plant in Bengal. Following a bitter political agitation, the Tatas moved its Nano project to Sanand, Gujarat. "Now that you have moved elsewhere, you are just a lease-holder of the …
In early 2006, Singur in West Bengal became the epitome of peasants’ struggle against neo-liberal expansion in land and livelihoods in India. Meanwhile, in 2010 the struggle in Sompeta exposed politics of ‘power’ in the name of energy production in Andhra Pradesh. Villagers and fishers there resisted the development of …
This paper reports results of a household survey in 12 Singur villages, six in which lands were acquired for the Tata car factory, and six neighbouring villages, with random sampling of households within each village. The results show that (a) the size of plots acquired were non-negligible; (b) the majority …
Tata Motors is likely to renew the lease agreement for the land at Singur as it awaits a final verdict from the Supreme Court on the Singur Act case. Confirming the development, a Tata Motors spokesperson said, “We will renew the Singur land lease and continue to pay the prevailing …
CM Mamata Banerjee's emphasis on rigid land policy has pleased farming community, not industry After a historical victory on the plank of Maa-Maati-Manush (mother-land-people), the Trinamool Congress government grappled with major economic issues during the year, which experts say, would warrant dramatic reversal of policies on issues such as land …
In case, the present Act is struck down by the Supreme Court, says a senior Cabinet member The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is considering the possibility of framing a new law to return land to unwilling farmers in Singur, if the present Act is struck down by the …
The violence in Dubrajpur in Bengal’s Birbhum district by villagers protesting against land acquisition by a private coal mining company has a strong resemblance to similar campaigns in Singur and Nandigram. Like in those two places, here too suspected Naxalite activists played a key role and joined hands with a …
Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to junk Bengal’s decade-old industry policy drawn up by the Jyoti Basu government in 1994 and adopt a new one in keeping with changing realities. Interestingly, industries minister Partha Chatterjee is unaware of the move. Mamata has entrusted former Union minister Saugata Roy …
The abrupt land acquisition resulted in farmers taking up menial jobs such as those under contract labour and housekeeping The extensive highways in New Town at Rajarhat, a township on the fringes of this city, are dotted with sporadic high-rise buildings housing a remarkably high number of young office workers. …
‘The moment case is resolved in SC, it will be returned to farmers’ Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the land at the disputed site at Singur belonged to the West Bengal government and not to the Tatas, which unsuccessfully sought to set up a small car factory there. …
Buddhadeb Ghosh (“What Made the ‘Unwilling Farmers’ Unwilling? A Note on Singur”, EPW, 11 August 2012) has made important observations that help us understand the Singur story better. However, I fi nd some of his arguments problematic. (Letters)
Going through the data and analysis by Buddhadeb Ghosh the information about 6% of the stated unwilling landowners holding 36% of the land points towards a clear class contradiction. What also contributed to this perception is that during the movement and even in the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, …
