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Plea to bring Mullaperiyar dam under Centre's control (4)TIRUCHI, December 9, 2011: The Bharathiya Krishak Samaj has called upon the Centre to enact a lawunder Article 262 of the Constitution to bring the Mullaperiyar dam under its control. In a resolutionadopted at its emergency meeting, chaired by D.Gurusamy, state president, here on Thursday, theorganisation said Parliament could by law provide for the adjudication of any inter-state river disputeunder Article 262, and courts could not interfere with such Act of Parliament. The Centre should bring thedam and the sharing of water from the dam under its control in view of the “extreme position” taken by theKerala government, which posed a threat to national integration and democracy, the resolution said. Theorganisation also criticised the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission K.G.Balakrishnan fortaking up for hearing a petition from Kerala MPs on the issue even while the Supreme Court was seizedof the matter. The commission could not hear the matter when the issue was pending before theSupreme Court, the organisation contended, and accused Mr.Balakrishnan of misusing his position. Themeeting resolved to submit a petition to the President seeking action against Mr.Balakrishnan. Throughother resolutions, the organisation urged the Centre to revise the minimum support price for farm producetaking into account the increase in the cost of inputs, especially the fertilizer price hike which has put aburden on farmers. The MSP for sugarcane should be fixed at Rs.3,000 a tonne. For paddy, the MSPshould be increased to Rs.2,000 a quintal, it demanded. The organisation also demanded that labourersemployed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme be allowed to bedeployed in private farms for agriculture labour. (The Hindu 6/12/11)Jharkhand minister attends anti-dam tribal meeting (4)Jamshedpur/Chaibasa, Dec 7 : Tribal Welfare and Transport Minister Champai Soren participated in ameeting of local tribals held at Kuju village of West Singhbhum today to oppose the construction of IchaDam under multi-million rupee Subarnarekha project. Mr Soren, while expressing solidarity, said he wouldsee to it that the dam, which can displace thousands of villagers by submerging 123 villages (87 inJharkhand and 36 in Orissa), was not constructed. ''I don’t want displacement. I am in favour of liftirrigation. I had been a part of the anti-dam movement,'' he stressed. A large number of tribals, mostlyform their dominant Ho community, organised a traditional village assembly- ‘Marang Dunub’ to electthree Manakis (community heads) prior to this meeting. The newly-elected leaders vowed to continue tooppose the construction of the Dam. Chaibasa MLA Deepak Birua, Akhil Bhartiya Aadivasi Mahasabhaworking president K C Mardi and vice president Mukesh Birua also addressed the meeting. TheSubarnarekha multipurpose project envisaged the construction of two dams, one at Chandil across theSubarnarekha and the other across the Kharkai at Icha near Chaibasa and two barrages at Galudihacross the Subarnarekha and the other across the Kharkai at Ganjia near Adityapur and a network ofcanals from these. Three small storage reservoirs and a network of canals from these reservoirs are inOrissa. Started in 1982-83, the project was planned for irrigation, hydropower generation and watersupply to Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal. While the Chandil dam and Galudih barrage are almostcomplete, the other components are still incomplete. (UNI) (New Kerala 8/12/11)3 more villages in Sonipat seek hike in land acquisition rate (4)SONIPAT: A few days after the government came up with revised compensation package to placatefarmers, who were opposing acquisition of land for Rajiv Gandhi Education City project, residents of threeneighbouring villages also launched an agitation demanding equal package for their land. Around 620acres land in Kundli, Kundli Garhi and Shersa villages was acquired by Haryana Industrial andInfrastructure Development Corporation ( HSIIDC) in 2007 for setting up industrial sector. Residents ofthese villages started an indefinite dharna at Kundli from Thursday in support of their demand. They havealso demanded market rates for their acquired land as well as other benefits being given under the newland acquisition policy of the state government. The Bhoomi Adhigrahan Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti, whichwas spearheading the education city agitation, has also announced support to the agitation. The stategovernment had announced to revise compensation package for nine villages, where around 2,000 acresof land had been acquired for the education city project, obviously under pressure from farmers, who hadapproached the court for revision of land prices. The government announced a three-and-a-half foldincrease in the compensation package recently, increasing per acre rate from Rs 12. 60 lakh to Rs 45.15lakh. Convener of agitating farmers at Kundli, Raj Kumar, alleged that their land was acquired at Rs 16lakh per acre and was being sold to industrialists at Rs 2-3 crore per acre. "It was injustice to the farmersand they must also be given market rates and other benefits under the government's new land acquisition
policy," he demanded. The fresh stir is likely to add to the problems of the government which was findingit tough to placate the farmers of Badkhalksa village whose dharna entered 132nd day on Thursday,demanding release of their land. (Times of India 10/12/11)Land acquisition hitches delay roads: govt (4)Highway development New Delhi: The government said problems in land acquisition was one of the mainfactors in delays in the implementation of National Highway Development projects. Answering queries onthe issue during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, CP Joshisaid, "Land acquisition is one of the factors contributing to delay in implementation of some projects underNHDP." Out of the 226 projects under implementation by NHAI, 58 projects are currently delayed due tomultiple reasons including land acquisition, he added. The issues causing hindrance in the NHAI projectsare forest clearance, poor performance of contractors and utility shifting. Joshi said protection of wildlifeduring acquisition of land should be ensured while the responsibility of forest clearance lay with the stategovernments. Supriya Sule (NCP) sought to know why environmental clearances are not taken at theinitial stage of the highways projects despite the authorities being aware that this is a must and causesdelay. Joshi said this issue is being looked into and assured the House that his ministry tried to avoid anyharm to wildlife in acquisition of land for the highways. On forest clearances he maintained that since thiswas to be done by the states, they should cooperate in giving the go-ahead. The ministry is also formingland acquisition units at the district and Tehsildar levels to smoothen the process. Shahnawaz Hussain(BJP) alleged that due to the "high-handed" attitude of the Planning Commission, all chief engineers ofNHAI had resigned and held Joshi and his ministry responsible for the problems. Joshi denied this, sayingthere was no conflict between his ministry and NHAI. nJoshi maintained that Rs 5,000 crore had beeninvested in the NHAI projects recently and 4,000 km of road projects sanctioned. He informed the Housethat 3,700 km of highways would be sanctioned every year for three consecutive years. NamaNageshwar Rao (TDP) wanted to know why the Road Transport and Highways Ministry was notmonitoring acquisition of land continously. Joshi said land is a state subject and the primary responsibilityfor this lay with the states. In reply to another question, Joshi said 'very effective measures' were beingtaken to address concerns about extending the roads and highways beyond Jammu in Jammu andKashmir. He maintained that his ministry was even looking at possibilities of improving road connectivitywith Leh and Ladakh. (The Financial Express 12/12/11)‘Delhi Metro can acquire land' (4)New Delhi, Dec. 13: The government on Tuesday said Delhi Metro can acquire land for propertydevelopment also. “Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) has the right to use the land acquired forthe project for property development also,” the Union Minister of State for Urban Development, MrSaugata Roy, told Lok Sabha in response to a query. “Three hectares of land were acquired by DMRCunder the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 from a private party for Viswavidyalaya Metro Station. Out of this,two hectares have been leased out to M/s Young Builders for residential development,” he said. Mr Roysaid DMRC had informed the developer that he must plan his development strictly as per approvals fromthe Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and other civic authorities. Responding to another query, Mr Roysaid DMRC had given some land pockets on lease for commercial use to private parties. “The landpockets were given on lease/concession through open tenders. In cases, where no responses werereceived to tenders, the leasing was done through negotiation,” Mr Roy said. Keywords: propertydevelopment, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, Viswavidyalaya Metro Station, Business Line 13/12/11)Violence at POSCO site very tragic:Naveen (4)Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik today expressed his deep shock over theviolence at the proposed POSCO site yesterday in which one person was killed and several were injuredafter pro and anti POSCO supporters clashed over the construction of coastal road. Describing theincident as 'very tragic', the chief minister told newspersons here that the matter would be looked into andaction taken as per law. ''What happened at POSCO is very tragic. I have already said I want peacefulindustrialisation in the state,'' the chief minister said. (UNI) (New Kerala 16/12/11)Infopark to employ over 80,000 persons within seven years (4)
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