Land acquisition in limbo,Collector set to talk to Dy CM
At a meeting held in Pune recently,Pawar had said the sites will not come up in these two areas
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With villagers of Vadu and Tulapur on agitating against land acquisition for garbage treatment and landfill sites to solve citys garbage problem,District Collector Vikas Deshmukh has said he will discuss the status of land acquisition with the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
At a meeting held in Pune recently,Pawar had said the sites will not come up in these two areas. Deshmukh said that an update will be taken and discussion will initiated on the present sites or alternate sites. He said he would discuss the matter with the deputy chief minister.
Deshmukh said that the two sites were shown as alternate sites earlier to the civic body but due to the stiff opposition the land acquisition was not initiated.
The civic body had deposited Rs 2.63 crore towards on May 21,2010,to acquire the land. But even after three years,there has been no progress.
Earlier,Phursungi residents had opposed the site in their village. Now,these villages have demanded that the PMC money be returned and the proposal be scrapped. The villagers had agitated for a month against move. The administration had a tough time as irate villagers blocked the highways after the first meeting was held on July 8 under the Haveli tehsildar for land acquisition.
Instructions were issued by the local circle officer and the talathi to prepare possession certificates so that the PMC could be registered as owner of the two plots measuring 25 hectares each.
Meanwhile the villagers have been assured that the sites wont come up in their villages. But they are awaiting the final order. Though Ajit Pawar has repeatedly given us assurances that the site is not coming up in our area,we are yet to receive a final order,said a member of the Tulapur Vadu Kachra Depot Hatav Samiti.
The villagers said their villages are on the tourist map and have historical and geographical significance.
They said the villages have several ancient Shiva temples and is located in an eco-sensitive spots with three rivers,Bhima,Bhama and Indrayani,passing through the places. District officials said they have conveyed the opposition of the villagers to the government.
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