Monday, November 12, 2012

'Funeral Pyres' to protest land acquisition

 This is an interesting article I came across in Times of India on November 9. It is also interesting to note the relevance of social movements when developing infrastructure project. There was a verdict by the Honorable Supreme Court of India cancelling the Acquisition of farm lands in the name of public benefit which I came across in moneycontrol.com dated September 5th. Both the cases are related considering the fact that the protest  is due to acquisition of farm lands. Once Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill is passed by the parliament, the land acquisition problems are supposed to get worse. "In the proposed bill, the percentage of land owners, whose consent is essential for acquiring land for private purposes, has been raised from 67% to 80%. However, land owners' consent is not required for acquiring land for public purposes." as cited by Times of India. This will make many of the upcoming power projects uncertain.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-09/india/35015981_1_protest-land-acquisition-fertile-land-government-land
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-31/jaipur/34836689_1_land-owners-larr-bill-land-acquisition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Acquisition_and_Rehabilitation_and_Resettlement_Bill
-Dickins John

6 comments:

Unknown said...

It's an interesting news came from Times of India related to developing infrastructure project. When Land Purchase and Recovery and resettlement invoice is transferred by the parliament, the land purchase problems are expected to get more intense. The times of India will make many of the future doubtful power plans. Country Overview

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