The episodes of violence in land acquisition by the government, as witnessed recently in Bhatta-Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh and in other states earlier, occur because patterns of violence are inbuilt into the process. Despite a bill pending in Parliament since 2007, there has been little effort by political parties to evolve a consensus on acquisition of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. The law as at present and also the provisions...
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Agitating farmers join hands against land acquisition by Bhaskar Mukherjee
Farmers from across the state have decided to join hands against the land acquisition. Farmers` action committee has planned a joint meeting on June 30, which is likely to be attended by those from Gorakhpur of Fatehabad district, Agroha of Hisar and Panjokhra of Ambala district. Farmers of Agroha are on a hunger strike for the past 25 days and those of Gorakhpur are protesting for the past 315 days. Farmer...
More »Akhil Gogoi remanded in judicial custody by Sushanta Talukdar
Police directed to admit him in hospital Arrested RTI activist and farmers' leader Akhil Gogoi was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a court here on Sunday, after he spent three days in police custody. But the court of chief judicial magistrate directed the police to immediately admit Mr. Gogoi in the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital for treatment of backache and other ailments of which he complained. It directed...
More »Truth of 70:30 acquisition plan: Tribal farmers get Rs 2L, rich Rs 17L by Supriya Sharma
When all failed, a police lathicharge did the trick. Farmers of Akaltara village were protesting against land acquisition for a month, but only after the police beat them up and arrested 78 men on a cold January evening, that things heated up. Opposition leaders rushed to the site and the government was forced to react. From Rs 8 lakh, compensation rates were hiked to Rs 17 lakh per acre. The...
More »Gadag farmers oppose Posco steel plant unit by Vincent D'Souza
Land acquisition by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board for the proposed steel plant by South Korean steel giant Posco in Gadag district has run into rough weather. The main reasons for the villagers' opposition are that 3,300 acres identified for the project in Halligudi village off National Highway 63, about 500km from Bangalore, are fertile land and agriculture is the villagers' only source of income. KIADB special land acquisition...
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