Sougata Mukhopadhyay | CNN-IBN
Kolkata, June 23, 2007: Over three decades, the Left Front in power may have been able to perfectly conceal the tension within but over the last ten months or so, it has been coming to the fore every now and then since the government acquired land forcefully in Singur. Continue reading ‘Left crack-s up over SEZ in Bengal’
Priya Ranjan Dash, DNA India
New Delhi, June 23, 2007: The Centre’s panel that clears proposals to establish Special Economic Zones made it clear to state governments on Friday that it will not approve any SEZ if even one farmer objects to the acquisition of land for the project. Continue reading ‘One farmer can stall SEZ’
Sampat Kale, NCAS, Pune, 21 June, 2007
“We have given our land for develop meant of public purposes, especially roads, harbours, airports, railways, dams, schools…we will do that even now, but not to private companies”.
Since last eighteen months struggle is on in Raigad district of Maharashtra. Anti-land acquisition and Anti-SEZ committee has burnt the land acquisition notification on 21st June 2007, in front of the Special Land Acquisition Office at Pen in Raigad district. Continue reading ‘Raigad Farmers Burn Land Acquisition Notices!’
Business Standard
New Delhi, June 21, 2007: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today ruled out stocks or shares as a form of recompense to those who might have lost their land while making way for industrial development. Continue reading ‘FM nixes stock-for-land compensation model’
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