Hooda govt throws ‘bait’ to woo villagers

While claiming that farmers,whose land has been acquired are accepting the compensation award,District Revenue Officer Ram Singh Bishnoi announced the award in the presence of Deputy Commissioner M L Kaushik,owners of land,panches,nambardars and officers of the district administration in Fatehabad.

“The compensation of land will be given at a rate of over Rs 30.73 lakh per acre. Those farmers,who do not indulge in litigation in case of acquisition of land,will get Rs 4 lakh as non-litigation amount. Also,under the Land Acquisition Policy of the state government,an annuity of Rs 21,000 per acre will be given for 33 years with an annual increase of Rs 750,which adds up to about Rs 10.79 lakh. Thus,the total amount of all these compensations will be Rs 46 lakh per acre,” said an official.

Kaushik gave away cheques of compensation amount to the farmers of Gorakhpur village.

In a statement,Kaushik said that in addition to the compensation for land acquired,the farmers will also be paid after survey of their standing crops. Also,a survey regarding installed tubewells,trees,kacha house,dhani,underground pipeline for irrigation will be conducted for compensation. “If farmers,whose entire land or dhani has been acquired,have no plot left to construct their house,they will be allotted plots. If half of the land or a part of a farmer’s land is acquired,such farmers will get approved passage and facility of water channel for irrigation,” he added.

As per the Land Acquisition Policy of the state government,children of those farmers,whose land is being acquired,will get employment as per their qualifications,he told the farmers.

Kaushik added: “Farmers who have installed a tubewell and the land is acquired, will be able to get their electricity connection shifted to some other place. If within two years of announcement of the award,a farmer purchases land at another place,the power utilities will give him a free connection for tubewell within three months. In case agricultural land,of the funds received as compensation of land acquired,there will be an exemption from stamp duty and registration fee for two years.”

Children of workers,who were earning their livelihood on the land being acquired,will get free education in ITIs and government technical colleges,he said.

The revenue officers of the Fatehabad district administration also stated that farmers can submit their objections in the district revenue department in writing and such objections will be redressed on the spot.

Plant can be disastrous: Chautala

INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala on Wednesday termed the setting up of a nuclear plant in Fatehabad as a “disaster for the entire North India”. While speaking to mediapersons in Panchkula,Chautala said: “The Gorakhpur plant can be extremely disastrous,not only for Haryana,but for the entire North India. The Congress is referring to decades old letters written by Chaudhary Devi Lal and Chaudhary Bhajan Lal,while the truth is that the nuclear plant issue was never raked up in those years.” He added: “The US has completely closed its nuclear reactors,the entire world has witnessed the nuclear tragedies in Russia and Japan,Germany has also decided to shutdown its nuclear reactors in the coming years. Setting up a nuclear plant at a place like Gorakhpur,which is densely populated,is nothing but putting everybody’s life in danger. The INLD will not allow the government to set up the plant in Fatehabad at any cost.”