Post-Singur: expressway developer takes steps to avoid land row

Deepa Jainani

Posted: Friday, Sep 05, 2008 at 2306 hrs IST
Updated: Friday, Sep 05, 2008 at 2306 hrs IST


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Lucknow, Sep 4 : to it and said the company is keenly studying on all the other patterns of compensation that could be offered to the land owners. “We would follow the Central government’s resettlement and rehabilitation policy and do all that is possible for the displaced farmers,” he added.

Simultaneous to the process of acquiring land, the company is also in talks with many national and international construction firms for the construction of the four packages that the project comprises of. The project has been divided into four individual packages of road sections. It may be mentioned that the state government has an ambitious plan to develop the Expressway as the industrial development corridor of the state. “The Ganga Expressway project will not only be a highway, but would provide us with ample space and opportunity for developing SEZs along its 1,047 km stretch,” said a senior government official....

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» Cause and origin of troubles
Posted by I. Chandrasekharan (Mr.) on 2008-09-05 11:48:46.787985+05:30
cause and origin of all troubles in india are the politicians. we have to think of removing them from power for atleast five years to entrust the power with the officialdom and the police etc... all like minded people are invited to discuss this issue to remove politicians for atlest five years starting from kerala on an experimental basis

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