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Women’s Alienation
Table 2: Distribution of Private Land and Government Revenue Land
in Five Villages
Name of the village Private land (in Ha.) Govt. land (in Ha.) Total land (in Ha.)
Nagarnar 157.71 106.05 263.76
Kasturi 62.55 5.32 67.87
Chokawada 4.18 11.62 15.80
Amaguda 43.44 0.17 43.61
Maganpur 25.11 0.81 25.92
Total 292.99 123.97 416.96
Amaguda railway station to plant
site (approx. 2 km.). With the
present patch of land identified,
the township will be located on
eastern side of the existing village
road leading to Nagarnar from NH
43 and steel plant will be located
on the western side of the village
road.
Genesis of the Movement
The genesis of the ongoing conflict
between the local administration and
the local people, majority belonging
to tribals, is due to acquisition of
land from the villages of Nagarnar,
Amaguda, Kasturi, Chokawada and
Maganpura for plant at Nagarnar.
The initial plan was to establish the
plant at Hiranar (in Pantewar district)
in 1996. The area of Hiranar was
predominantly inhabited by the
Madia tribals Primitive Tribal Group
(PTG). The present Industry Minister
of MP Government, Mahendra
Karma gave a lease of 300 acres of
government land and 700 acres of
private land for the plant. Since the
estimation for levelling cost was very
high, and expecting strong resistance
from the tribals, the idea of
establishing a plant there was given
up. Again, in 1996, the Congress
Government headed by Digvijaya
Singh tried to set up the plant at
Gurram in Dantewada district. In
2000 again the project was dropped
due to high productivity costs. The
land was not level and the levelling
cost was estimated to be very high.
Finally in May 2001 NMDC decided
to establish the plant at Nagarnar
acquiring land from five villages. The
area of Nagarnar fulfills all the basic
requirements to set up a steel plant