Fourteen years after a bloody farmland agitation in Nandigram changed West Bengal's political landscape, and plans to set up a chemical hub therewent kaput, residents of this once-obscure constituency now desperately want industrial development to stop their menfolk from leaving home in search of work.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a batch of pleas filed by farmers against the Gujarat High Court verdict which had dismissed their petitions challenging the process of land acquisition for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project.
Taking to Twitter, Baijal said it was a major step for conferring ownership rights to the residents of these colonies, adding that the move would pave the way for smooth implementation of PM-UDAY (PM Unauthorized Colonies in Delhi AwasAdhikar Yojana).
The 82-hectare land was acquired from Dayanatpur village and transferred to the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), the nodal agency for the airport, officials said.
In a major boost to ambitious 1.08-trillion-rupees bullet train project, Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by farmers objecting to land acquisition process.
On August 9, the Supreme Court directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to demolish the structure. Acting on the top court's instruction, DDA demolished the temple on August 10.
He told officials of the Land Management department to increase revenue so that it could emerge as one the leading revenue generating departments of the state government.
Replying to queries during Question Hour, he said the main problem in delay of projects was land acquisition as the cost was very high in some states, but claimed his ministry had saved NPAs worth 3 lakh crore during the past five years through early implementation.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi had last month announced that the land acquired for the project would be returned in case his party was voted to power.
The farmers of Nindar village are protesting against the acquisition of over 1,300 bighas of land by the Jaipur Development Authority for a housing project.
Lalu alleged that while his party had made a complete disclosure of the properties owned by them, the ‘palturam’ Nitish was using a high pitch to hide his involvement in several other scams
Agitation by farmers in Maharashtra, which was recently subdued with the government announcing farm loan waiver to the tune of Rs 30,000 crore, has resurfaced in Kalyan city of Thane district
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Guntur: Strongly opposing forcible land acquisition for the Andhra Pradesh capital, Telugu film star and Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan on Sunday asked the TDP government to withdraw the notification.He urged the government to resolve
Hyderabad: Stepping up pressure on the Andhra Pradesh Government against land acquisition for the new capital in Vijayawada-Guntur region, YSR Congress Party chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy today said he would stage a dharna
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Ralegan Siddhi: Social activist Anna Hazare today said he would launch an indefinite fast on October 2 in Delhi over the controversial Land Acquisition Bill and press for speedy implementation of One Rank One Pension
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