Archive for the 'SEZ News' Category

Zoom to invest Rs 1,000 cr to build 100-hct SEZ at Indore

Daily News and Analysis (DNA)

New Delhi, June 25, 2007: Mumbai-based Zoom Developers, engaged in diversified businesses including real estate, plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore in the next three years to construct a 100 hectare IT-ITeS SEZ at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Continue reading ‘Zoom to invest Rs 1,000 cr to build 100-hct SEZ at Indore’

‘We will give our lives, but not lands’

Newindpress.com

Bangalore, June 25, 2007: “Land is our only source of livelihood and we know no other work except farming. We don’t want money. We will be happy if they do not uproot us,” the anguish of Radhamma, a member of the 40-strong joint family in Itsandra village near Nandagudi in Hoskote taluk conveys the resentment in the area against the proposed Special Economic Zone. Continue reading ‘‘We will give our lives, but not lands’’

Cong steps up resistance to Nandagudi SEZ

Newindpress.com

Bangalore, June 25, 2007: Giving voice to farmers’ resistance against the proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Nandagudi in Hoskote taluk, the Congress is getting ready for a mass agitation, which would be kicked off with a massive public rally in the first week of July. Continue reading ‘Cong steps up resistance to Nandagudi SEZ’

Centre’s warning over attacks on SEZ

The Indian Express

New Delhi, June 25, 2007 (PTI): Fearing major attacks on infrastructure projects during the June 26-27 economic blockade planned by CPI (Maoists), the Centre has sent advisories to Naxal-hit states, as also Punjab and Haryana, directing them to beef up security. Continue reading ‘Centre’s warning over attacks on SEZ’

Bomb us than giving away land: Nandagudi farmers

Deccan Herald News Service

Nandagudi, June 25, 2007: “Instead of giving away our lands for special economic zone (SEZ), let the government drop a bomb on our village, so that we will die at once,” said Narayanaswamy, a farmer at K Satyavara village in Nandagudi hobli. Continue reading ‘Bomb us than giving away land: Nandagudi farmers’

Farmers body to launch big drive against SEZs

Soumitra Trivedi, Business Standard

Mumbai/ Ahmedabad June 25, 2007: Gujarat wing of farmers’ body Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), will launch a massive protest against the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy of Gujarat government. Continue reading ‘Farmers body to launch big drive against SEZs’

SEZ: Four said no, but govt said yes

Deccan Herald News Service

Bangalore, June 25, 2007: The State Cabinet steamrolled opposition from two government departments and as many government agencies while clearing the proposal by SKIL Infrastructure Limited for establishing a multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Nandagudi near here. Continue reading ‘SEZ: Four said no, but govt said yes’