Two land acquisition proposals withdrawn in Maharashtra

Q: The face-off between corporators and civic administration in the general body meeting of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation directed the officials to to think back on the proposals related to acquisition of land reserved for primary schools and change in land use.

Ravindra Singh,

16th July 2015

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Good evening friends.........

Will this bill ever pass or they used it for the next election?

Only god knows when is the bill going to pass????? The committee has 13 members who are opposed to, while 11 are in favour of proposed amendments. So, the votes of rest 6 members, who are mostly regional party leaders, matter more. So, they need to pressurise them to protect their rights.

I don't understand why are they playing such kind of game in the parliament. Have they ever experience the beggar's life or they ever plough the field in sunny day or they ever harvest the crops? If not.....then how can they say that they are with the farmers? I think BJP Govt has the majority in the parliament so they don't need to ask and should stamp the bill in the next session of the parliament.

Arushisha, Mumbai

27th July 2015

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I have the same opinion Arushisha................

The Congress leader also accused the Centre of running away from its administrative and moral responsibility.

JPC members and MPs Jairam Ramesh also admitted that he was not completely satisfied with the 2013 Land Acquisition Act brought by the previous UPA government, but added that he had to find a middle path being a cabinet minister then.

Ravindra Singh,

27th July 2015

@Ravindra,

I think they wanted themselves to keep in limelight . As per Md. Salim Of CPI (M) asked farmers to force their respective MPs to take the right attitude so as to make sure government changes its stand on the bill. According to him farmers will feel cheated, if they rely on Parliamentarians. So, force their respective Parliamentarians to force government to change its approach.

Arushisha, Mumbai

27th July 2015

Yes, it seems to me either.......

Recently, farmers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Haryana and other parts of the country put forward their views during the meeting.

The Tamil Nadu leader though expressed disappointment at not many JPC members turning up for the hearing.

Ravindra Singh,

27th July 2015

Hi guys,
As per the latest new, farmers and activists on Friday, 24th of July,2015 demanded for withdrawal of the NDA government's Land Acquisition law. At a public hearing organized by Bhumi Adhikar Andolan, a union of agricultural worker, the land bill opposers, which included activist Medha Patkar, JPC members and MPs Jairam Ramesh of Congress and Mohammad Salim of CPI(M), also accused the Narendra Modi government of playing a new kind of conspiracy by getting the bill passed from the states.

Saran,

27th July 2015

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That is why they are in parliamnet. In India if you are doing good for your nation or the people of the nation the opponent will take it in a different way. It show their negativity during the ruling period. They will never do good nor they can see others to do good.

Jairam Ramesh of congress advised farmers to put pressure on 6 members of the panel whose votes are crucial in deciding conclusion of the panel report. They have failed in their duties and now they are putting pressure on others to stay away with it. it shows their duty toward the nation. And we people vote such kind of people to act for us.

Arup rajan, Mumbai

27th July 2015

Hi Aruo,
My question to you Arup........are you happy with this bill or not?

As per opposers, they want withdrawal of the bill to secure land rights for farmer. I want to ask them that they have given 10 years of long time.....what were they doing? Why didn't they pass the bill in their ruling which can help the farmers? Why now?

As per them Modi Government asking respective states to structure their respective laws is nothing but, in a way, admission of his defeat as farmers have taken firm stand on the issue.

Saran,

27th July 2015

Hey Saran........any law that constitutes in favor of the poorer or for the development of the nation, my vote goes for that.

Do you know Veena what social activist Medha Patkar told against the Modi Govt? As per her, a new kind of conspiracy in getting the land bill promoted, projected and passed from states to the Center as it is in the existing list. But people's movements are determined to fight the law at state level.

Arup rajan, Mumbai

27th July 2015

But as per Jayant Patil, corporator of Jan Surajya Shakti Party, proposal of acquiring land at Takala is illegal and it has already been sold to another party. The purchase notice issued by the original owner is not as per the rules. At the same time proposal involves land dispute and the KMC would unable to afford the land acquisition.

Diwakar Shetty,

16th July 2015

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@Diwakar,
As per rules, the owners can issue purchase notice only after 10 yrs. of the existing Development Plan. Once the notice is issued, the general body has to take the decision within 90 days, otherwise the municipal commissioner is authorized to take the decision. The corporators were fearing that once the deadline to approve the notice ends on July 18, the officials would not delay to pay the amount.

Lokesh Patwa,

16th July 2015

But i heard by some reliable sources that the purchase notice issued for acquiring land plot from Ramanmala is confusing as the person serving the notice has not provided the sufficient documents of the ownership and power of attorney. Also, the document of the plot measurement done in 2002 have not verified its size before finalising the amount to be paid before presenting.

Diwakar Shetty,

16th July 2015

As per the report, the development plan approved in the year 2000, had intended the reservation of the primary school at Tkala and Ramanmala area. In spite of that due to lack of civic officials and lack of funds, the lands plots were not acquired for the last 15 years.

Lokesh Patwa,

16th July 2015

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At last owners had issued purchase notices to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation appealing it to acquire the land otherwise the reservation would be lapsed. The plots would be transferred to them as per rule 127 of Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966.

Diwakar Shetty,

16th July 2015

@Diwakar,
The KMC had fixed the acquisition cost to Rs. 10 crore. But the corporators claimed that the land plots were not longer required as the purpose specified in the DP would not be met.

Lokesh Patwa,

16th July 2015