Biggest land acquisition in West Bengal soon
A decision of the Left Front government in December 2010, to acquire 3, 600 acres of land at Gourandi and Banjemari mouzas of Burdwan district to build a housing project for the people evicted by Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) for its mining projects has been re-approved by the Commece and Industries Department, and the proposal will be placed before the state cabinet for its re-validation.
“Minister for Commerce and Industries Partha Chatterjee has given his seal of approval, and it is going to be put before the cabinet shortly,” an official of Land and Land Reforms Department told The Indian Express. The project will be executed by Assansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) at a cost of Rs 2,650 crore. While the state government through ADDA will acquire the land, the money for the project will be given by the ECL.
The then Left Front government could not go ahead with the project because of opposition by some of the land owners. As the 2011 Assembly elections were drawing near, then Left Front government, stung by land problems, decided to shelve the proposal.
The Trinamool government decided to revive the project after conducting a survey. “We have arrived at a tentative figure of providing rehabilitation to 40,000 families,” said Antara Acharya, CEO of ADDA. The families were displaced by ECL’s mining activities in
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