They may not be in news like their counterparts in Bhatta-Parsaul, but the fight of farmers in Noida against the satellite city Authorityand the UP government is nothing new. It's been on since 1976 when land was acquired for the first time to lay the foundation stone of Noida. And this fight hasn't been completely futile. On July 30, 2010, Allahabad high court directed the Noida Authority to pay reviewed...
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Scheduled Castes commission to summon district magistrate, police chief over Bhatta-Parsaul violence by Smita Gupta
The commission plans to file several cases under the SC & ST Act The battle of Bhatta-Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh's Greater NOIDA area, where violence raged recently over the contentious issue of land acquisition, promises to get bigger. On Thursday, the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes decided to summon the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police of Gautam Budh Nagar district, where the twin villages are located, to seek a...
More »Land acquisition for Posco steel project progressing smoothly
-PTI Land acquisition by the Orissa government for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project was progressing smoothly with 51 betel plantations being acquired in Jagatsinghpur district today. The betel plantations were acquired at Bhuyanpala, Polanga, Bayanala and Noliasahi areas, Additional District Magistrate (Paradip) Sarojkant Choudhury said. "Land acquisition is progressing at full steam with the cooperation of villagers," he said. Over Rs 75 lakh was paid as compensation to...
More »UAC betrayed us, say Jagatsinghpur villagers by Ashis Senapati
Villagers in Nuagaon, Gadakujang and Dhinkia have accused the United Action Committee (UAC) of helping the government acquire betelvines for the proposed Posco project. Ranjan Swain of Nuagaon, said, "For five years, the betelvines were a stumbling block for Posco to acquire land for its Rs 52,000 crores project at Gadakujang, Dhinkia and Nuagaon gram panchayats. But now their movement against Posco is falling like ninepins and the authority has...
More »Posco land acquisition picks up pace
-The Business Standard The land acquisition for the 12 million tonne Posco steel plant in Orissa has picked up pace with United Action Committee, a pro Posco outfit active at the project site near Paradip, extending its support to the process. On the fifth day of the exercise today, the revenue officials demolished 36 betel vines on the government land and distributed compensation of Rs 57 lakh to the beneficiaries in...
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