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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farmers oppose land acquisition by Syed Rizwanullah

Farmers oppose land acquisition by Syed Rizwanullah

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published Published on Feb 10, 2012   modified Modified on Feb 10, 2012

Farmers and activists affiliated to different social organizations joined hands on Thursday to oppose land acquisition by the government for the proposed Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, under which 10,000 hectares land would be acquired for setting up four mega industrial projects in the district.

"The activists have planned a meet at Bidkin, about 20 km from the city, on February 11 to chalk out the future course of action. Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has been invited to address the meet", said Vijay Diwan and Subhash Lomte, members of the action committee. Thousands of affected farmers from Aurangabad and Jalna districts would attend the Bidkin meet, they said.

Addressing a news conference here at Gandhi Bhavan, they said the action committee also opposed the proposed 'Greater Aurangabad' township incorporating over 300 villages surrounding the city. This move would deprive farmers, tribals and other oppressed classes of their land that would eventually be turned into urban pockets, said Diwan. He said the government talked of increasing food production but wanted to erase the basic resource, farm land, through its policies.

The activists alleged that it was an attempt to grab fertile land from farmers and villagers to benefit a few industrial houses in the name of industrial development and growth. They pointed out that a demand to acquire 300 acres more for the expansion of the Chikalthana airport has come up while the authorities concerned have already initiated the process to include 28 villages in the city's municipal limits.

"If implemented, 10,000 hectares of land would be acquired for the Mumbai Delhi industrial corridor,'' Diwan said.

Plans are afoot to set up a Greater Aurangabad, which would urbanize over 300 villages. Diwan and Lomte said at present the city's 12 lakh population received water on alternate days and the water was lifted from Jaikwadi dam situated about 50 km from the city. "If urbanization is encouraged on such a scale, this is bound to create different sets of problems and ultimately the oppressed and poor classes would be at the receiving end,'' Diwan said.

Diwan pointed out that social reformer Anna Hazare and activist Popatrao Pawar, both from Ahmednagar district, are hailed for introducing model village system, where the villagers preferred to stay back instead of moving to urban centres. "If the government is convinced of these people's success, then why is their model not followed in the entire state,'' Diwan asked. "The government should take efforts to introduce urban facilities in villages,'' he added.

"The government's proposed plans for Aurangabad would end up adding more slums. We demand that the government rethink its policies meant primarily to benefit foreign investors or a handful of local politicians and industries,'' he said.

Activists Kashinath Kukarni, Shriram Jadhav, Col Durwesh Nehri and Buddhpriya Kabeer were also present at the media briefing.


The Times of India, 10 February, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Farmers-oppose-land-acquisition/articleshow/11831098.cms


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