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A mEga panchayat of 360 villages spanning five districts in Haryana, protesting against a recent order passed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC), was held in Khoo, a village near Manesar, on Sunday.
Khoo Sarpanch Rohtas Singh said the HSIIDC has sent a notice to three villages — Khoo, Manesar and Kasan — that cover an area of 162 acre, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act (which says it is the intention of the Government to acquire land), for the upcoming IMT in Manesar here.
Singh said the case was pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. “We approached the district court and then the High Court in Chandigarh since this is a Lal Dora land. We were not shown any new plan by the officials under which they were undertaking such an acquisition,” he said.
Singh said any further acquisition will result in the demolition of around 2,000 homes in the area. “The HSIIDC had acquired 1,500 acres from us in 1997, after which they built a 10-foot-high wall demarcating the Lal Dora area. They assured us they would not acquire more land. In the last three months, however, they have demolished around 550 homes in these villages, without offering any compensation or relocation.”
Singh said that in case this trend continues and HSIIDC gets the green signal to demolish more homes, the villagers might be driven to take extreme steps.
The three villages are locked between the 10-foot-high wall on one side and the Aravallis on the other. “According to Supreme Court orders, the maximum land that can be acquired from a village cannot exceed 75 per cent. The HSIIDC, however, has already acquired 80 per cent of land in all three villages put together. If the acquisition continues, we will have to sit on an indefinite hunger strike to fight for our rights,” Dhir Singh, member, village panchayat, Kasan, said.
Rajender Yadav, a resident of Khoo, said: “We were paid a mere Rs 6.55 lakh per acre in 1997. The same land is being sold by the HSIIDC now for crores. We have no money left and if they push us out of our homes, we will have no where to go.”
The villagers said they had sent an objection to a previous notification issued by HSIIDC in August, twice rejecting its “offer” to give away more land. “The officials paid no heed to our pleas and demolished 550 houses,” Rohtas Singh alleged.
Source: indianexpress.com
Khoo Sarpanch Rohtas Singh said the HSIIDC has sent a notice to three villages — Khoo, Manesar and Kasan — that cover an area of 162 acre, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act (which says it is the intention of the Government to acquire land), for the upcoming IMT in Manesar here.
Singh said the case was pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. “We approached the district court and then the High Court in Chandigarh since this is a Lal Dora land. We were not shown any new plan by the officials under which they were undertaking such an acquisition,” he said.
Singh said any further acquisition will result in the demolition of around 2,000 homes in the area. “The HSIIDC had acquired 1,500 acres from us in 1997, after which they built a 10-foot-high wall demarcating the Lal Dora area. They assured us they would not acquire more land. In the last three months, however, they have demolished around 550 homes in these villages, without offering any compensation or relocation.”
Singh said that in case this trend continues and HSIIDC gets the green signal to demolish more homes, the villagers might be driven to take extreme steps.
The three villages are locked between the 10-foot-high wall on one side and the Aravallis on the other. “According to Supreme Court orders, the maximum land that can be acquired from a village cannot exceed 75 per cent. The HSIIDC, however, has already acquired 80 per cent of land in all three villages put together. If the acquisition continues, we will have to sit on an indefinite hunger strike to fight for our rights,” Dhir Singh, member, village panchayat, Kasan, said.
Rajender Yadav, a resident of Khoo, said: “We were paid a mere Rs 6.55 lakh per acre in 1997. The same land is being sold by the HSIIDC now for crores. We have no money left and if they push us out of our homes, we will have no where to go.”
The villagers said they had sent an objection to a previous notification issued by HSIIDC in August, twice rejecting its “offer” to give away more land. “The officials paid no heed to our pleas and demolished 550 houses,” Rohtas Singh alleged.
Source: indianexpress.com
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