AHMEDABAD: In a relief to the Adani Group, Gujarat High Court, on Monday, disposed of the petition filed by a group of fishermen against the Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) seeking a stay on the alleged construction activity on creeks in the southern coast of Kutch.
A division Bench of Chief Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice MS Shah disposed of the application after Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) and the Kutch collectorate, in a combined report, gave a clean chit to the company ruling out that the three disputed creeks near Mundra were being filled by the company in a bid to develop Rs 7,500 crore SEZ.
The court refused to entertain petitioners’ claims that the report filed by GMB and collectorate could not be considered as ‘gospel truth’ ,since they too were the respondents in the PIL.However,the court assured the petitioners that it would constitute a committee to look into the matter, but it could not grant any stay on the construction work that is taking place in the SEZ.
Supreme Court and then Gujarat High Court, too, allowed the construction work in SEZ, but stayed the filling of creeks pending the PIL alleging the company of violating the environment norms as well as putting up construction in the coastal regulation zone. But, the petitioners claimed that the company was going ahead with filling activity in the Baradi Mata-2 , Kotdi-2 and Zharpara creeks and sought stay on construction as well as contempt proc e e d i n g s against the company for violating the court’s direction.
HC disposes plea against Adani SEZ in Mundra
9 Sep 2008, 0728 hrs IST,TNN
The government report exonerated the company after the Mundra Port officer, the resident district collector and GMB’s executive engineer of Morbi inspected the sites on August 18 and submitted their report denying the charges levelled by the fishermen. Continue reading ‘HC disposes plea against Adani SEZ in Mundra’
Amidst the debate over acquiring agricultural lands for special economic zones (SEZs), the Supreme Court has held that the Government as a “sovereign power can acquire land for public purpose.”
The “public purpose” could include “industrial and other infrastructural developmental needs for the common good of the citizens,” a two-judge Bench of Justices C K Thakker and D K Jain said. Continue reading ‘SC favours land acquisition for “public purpose”’
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Andhra Pradesh state government has forcibily acquired about 1000 acres of farm land at Polepally in Mahabubnagar district and is trying to establish a Formulations (Pharma) SEZ in these lands.
Local farmers - mostly poor, illiterate STs and SCs were bullied, threatened and were made to part with their lands for as little as Rs. 18,000 per acre. Continue reading ‘Fighting Injustice in Polepally (Jadcherla) SEZ’
Investment in SEZs to reach Rs 2 trillion by end-2009: Pillai
22 Aug, 2008, 1929 hrs IST, PTI
MUMBAI: Investment in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is expected to reach the Rs 2 trillion mark by next year end and they are expected to generate around eight million jobs, a senior Government official said. Continue reading ‘Investment in SEZs to reach Rs 2 trillion by end-2009: Pillai’
UPA to review SEZ law
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Mumbai
Aug. 22: The area under the handicraft business in the Special Economic Zones will be decreased to 10 hectares from 100 hectares, and there will be a refund of service tax paid by the companies who outsource work outside the SEZ. Continue reading ‘UPA to review SEZ law’
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Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:42 pm
The SEZ Virodhi Manch expresses disgust
at the double standards of the government
of making empty statements/promises
with regard to the scrapping of SEZs from Goa.
Continue reading ‘Raheja starts work, SVM stops work’
Invitation
SOUTHERN REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON SEZ
September 13-14th, 2008, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Dear All,
Zindabad! August 13th, 2008
You all are, in some way or the other, part of struggles against forcible land acquisition and displacement. You are well aware of how State and Corporates are conniving and using various coercive and repressive means to acquire land, displacing people and local livelihoods and exploiting other natural resources for “industrialisation”/”economic development”. Issues of sovereignty of panchayat institutions, employment vs loss of livelihood, land speculations, tax expemptions to corporates, environmental pollution, water extraction, power distribution are very crucial to the debate and protest against SEZs. Continue reading ‘SOUTHERN REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON SEZ SEPT ‘08′
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