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SINGUR: The Facts .
997.11 acres of land has been acquired of the Govemment of West Bt!ngal..
by the WI'. t Bengal Government for the (lyww.wbgov.com) This list has not been Tata Motors plant. This is only about challenged by any of the critics or fact-2.55% of the total land area in Singur finding teams so far. The initial proposal was for.
block. later 237 registered bargadars.
acquiring ] 053 acres. It was given.
(sharecroppers) werereduced in order to avoid acqui ition of compensation to the tune of 25% of the.
multi-crop land as far as possible. The amount paid to the land owners. The .
finally acquired land is ''M" shaped and State Government had announced that .
not rectangular, because acquisition of .
every unregistered sharecropper wouldinigated land has been avoided to the be provided compensation/rehabilitation.
possible extent. The Tata.
maximum subje t to verification. Sub equently,Motors plant would come up in 700 170 unregistered sharecroppers were .
acres and the rest of the acquired land after.
identified for compensationbe devoted for ancillarywould verification..
industries. Over 1300 people from the families of .
The acqui ition process saw significant t those whose land has been acquired and.
departures from the practice adopted by over 400 person:; from landlcti::; families State Govemments elsewhere in the have been enrolled with the WBIDC forcountry. 9 mcetinos were hdd at the various training programmes likt: block and district level from May to .
automobile repairing, electrical work,September 2006, to seek consent from welding etc. WBIDC is paying stipend the local people prior to land .
to these trainees. This would make them acqmsition, including with Gram employable in the upcoming industries.Panehayat Pradhans and leaden; of Self help groups of women have been 'Krishi Jami Bachao Samity' and formed and they are being trained forrepresentatives of all political parties. .
providing services like catering and .
The compensation awarded was Rs. 8.6 tailoring. Agricultural workers have lakh for single-cropped land and Rs. 12 been absorbed through the generation of lakh for double cropped land. .
work in the development and .
construction activities in the plant site. .
Due to the consultation with the local All these measures have been initiatedpeople and the amount of compensation .
in order to ensure that employmentawarded, an ovenvhelming majority of .
con ent for land generation in the plant site, now as well .
the people gave as in future, directly benefits the local ~ acquisition. Con ent was received for people who were dependent on the land..
960.13 acres out of the total of 997.11.
I part of.
.
acres acquired. Con ent for som The West Bengal Government, whilef the land could not be attained because .
t acquiring land in Singur, has clearly not of legal disputes over the titles of some gone by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894,.
J A list of over 12,000 people.
plots. which is used by Congress or BJP ruled owning 17,018 r:>lots of land, who had State to forcibly evict peasants and pay5 .
11 given con ent for land acqui ition in them a pittance in the name of fj :Singu1, lid., hvcn provided in th wPh_ite .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2007 ID-46860
.
I~.
~-.. .
SINGUR: The Facts .
997.11 acres of land has been acquired of the Govemment of West Bt!ngal..
by the WI'. t Bengal Government for the (lyww.wbgov.com) This list has not been Tata Motors plant. This is only about challenged by any of the critics or fact-2.55% of the total land area in Singur finding teams so far. The initial proposal was for.
block. later 237 registered bargadars.
acquiring ] 053 acres. It was given.
(sharecroppers) werereduced in order to avoid acqui ition of compensation to the tune of 25% of the.
multi-crop land as far as possible. The amount paid to the land owners. The .
finally acquired land is ''M" shaped and State Government had announced that .
not rectangular, because acquisition of .
every unregistered sharecropper wouldinigated land has been avoided to the be provided compensation/rehabilitation.
possible extent. The Tata.
maximum subje t to verification. Sub equently,Motors plant would come up in 700 170 unregistered sharecroppers were .
acres and the rest of the acquired land after.
identified for compensationbe devoted for ancillarywould verification..
industries. Over 1300 people from the families of .
The acqui ition process saw significant t those whose land has been acquired and.
departures from the practice adopted by over 400 person:; from landlcti::; families State Govemments elsewhere in the have been enrolled with the WBIDC forcountry. 9 mcetinos were hdd at the various training programmes likt: block and district level from May to .
automobile repairing, electrical work,September 2006, to seek consent from welding etc. WBIDC is paying stipend the local people prior to land .
to these trainees. This would make them acqmsition, including with Gram employable in the upcoming industries.Panehayat Pradhans and leaden; of Self help groups of women have been 'Krishi Jami Bachao Samity' and formed and they are being trained forrepresentatives of all political parties. .
providing services like catering and .
The compensation awarded was Rs. 8.6 tailoring. Agricultural workers have lakh for single-cropped land and Rs. 12 been absorbed through the generation of lakh for double cropped land. .
work in the development and .
construction activities in the plant site. .
Due to the consultation with the local All these measures have been initiatedpeople and the amount of compensation .
in order to ensure that employmentawarded, an ovenvhelming majority of .
con ent for land generation in the plant site, now as well .
the people gave as in future, directly benefits the local ~ acquisition. Con ent was received for people who were dependent on the land..
960.13 acres out of the total of 997.11.
I part of.
.
acres acquired. Con ent for som The West Bengal Government, whilef the land could not be attained because .
t acquiring land in Singur, has clearly not of legal disputes over the titles of some gone by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894,.
J A list of over 12,000 people.
plots. which is used by Congress or BJP ruled owning 17,018 r:>lots of land, who had State to forcibly evict peasants and pay5 .
11 given con ent for land acqui ition in them a pittance in the name of fj :Singu1, lid., hvcn provided in th wPh_ite .
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