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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Karnataka govt stalls land acquisition process for POSCO by Vijay Kumar

Karnataka govt stalls land acquisition process for POSCO by Vijay Kumar

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published Published on Jul 16, 2011   modified Modified on Jul 16, 2011

THE LAND acquisition process for Posco in Gadag district of Karnataka has been called off by the Karnataka government owing to intensified opposition from the farmers.

A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa announced that land acquisition for Posco project in Gadag will be called off and the project will be shifted elsewhere, around 40 villagers from Halligudi met him in Bangalore on Thursday and expressed their willingness to give up their land but to no avail. Yeddyurappa has said that farmers’ land will not be acquired in Gadag district.

The villagers ready to give up their land submitted a memorandum to the CM with their 13 demands including land compensation and employment guarantee.

Though some have agreed to give up their land, more than 70 per cent of the farmers are against the Posco project. The farmers against the land acquisition held a meeting on Thursday with the local seer and asserted that they cannot give up their land under any circumstances.

“Most of them who have met the CM are not really farmers, they had purchased agricultural land from the farmers since there was news about this project and want to give up land now” alleged YN Goudar, a farmer leader spearheading the protests.

With the Karnataka government stalling the process of land acquisition, the future of Posco in the state looks blurred. The DGM of Posco India Private limited refused to comment on the issue when contacted by FW.

Welcoming the Karnataka government’s decision, Goudar said, “We want the government to issue a gazette notification on cancellation of the land acquisition process.We oppose any agricultural land acquisition in the state and we will extend support to the farmers who are against it,” he added.

Karnataka Industrial Areas Developmental Board which had issued notices to the farmers for their land acquisition has now stalled the process.

“We have stopped the land acquisition process according to the decision of the Chief Minister, regarding the issued notices the due process will be followed up”, said Shankarnarayana, Deputy Commissioner of Gadag district.

Tehelka, 15 July, 2011, http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws150711Karnataka.asp


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