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Saturday, 14 December 2013

Acquisition talks with Dindori farmers inconclusive

Dec 14, 2013, 02.53AM IST

NASHIK: The district collector's negotiations with the farmers from Dindori for the acquisition of 361 hectares of land at Talegaon and Akrale villages in Dindori tehsil remained inconclusive on Friday as very few farmers participated in the talks. District collector Vilas Patil has again called a meeting of farmers on Saturday when the land acquisition rates are likely to be announced.
As only about 10% of the total farmers were present for the negotiations, the collector has urged the rest of the farmers to remain present for the meeting around 2pm on Saturday at the district collectorate.

Earlier, the farmers had sought a rate of Rs 60 lakh per acre for the acquisition of the land, but the collector said he will announce the rates only after holding talks with all the farmers.
"We have already held talks with the farmers from Yeola, Gonde and Sayane in the district and we have received positive response. The rate of Rs 60 lakh per acre is very high, but proper rates will be announced for acquiring land for industry at Dindori. We will announce the rates once we interact with all the concerned farmers," Patil said.
"Besides the monetary compensation, the project-affected people ( PAP) or farmers will also get 15% for developing their total farmland. The land under 15% quota will be given if the project-affected people come together and ask MIDC for it. They can sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an entrepreneur and provide give their lands on lease for housing society purpose," Patil added.
The MIDC has earmarked around 5,000 hectares of land at various locations across the district for the industries, which are in different stages of land acquisition. With an aim to speed up the land acquisition process, the district collector has started holding negotiations with the farmers from last week.
The collector had held negotiations with the farmers for land acquisition at Gonde, Yeola and Sayane in the district last week. The MIDC has marked 128 hectares of land at Gonde village near Igatpuri and 494 hectares at Sayane near Malegaon. Moreover, 109 hectares had been earmarked at Yeola for a proposed textile park.

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