COIMBATORE: Even as protests and opposition proceed to rock the Chennai-Salem 8 lane greenfield undertaking, a gaggle of farmers have raised their apprehensions about land acquisition for the six-lane greenfield street undertaking connecting Coimbatore and Karur.
The Tamil Nadu Farmers Association has petitioned the Coimbatore district collector to be sure that farmers’ critiques, fears and agreements are regarded as sooner than their lands are assessed and marked for acquisition.
With the six-lane greenfield undertaking about to take off and the land acquisition procedure is more likely to start in a few weeks, farmers along the proposed stretch are getting nervous.
Officials mentioned 2,957 acres of land will have to be obtained in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Karur districts.
“They need to be careful when the land that comes underneath the acquisition is fertile agricultural land, where agriculture is being practised,” mentioned the association president S Palanisamy.
“In circumstances where the land has just right irrigation facilities, water supply and just right yield, we wish the federal government to check out finding change land,” he mentioned.
The association demanded that the compensation for farmers be based on the land’s returns to the farmers and its fertility. “They can not repair a worth based on the rule of thumb worth and the general space prices. They must believe the livelihood it supplies to the farmer,” mentioned Palanisamy.
“We additionally need them to take our critiques and calls for into consideration sooner than just walking into our lands for an evaluate and hanging marking stones on it,” he added. “The areas more likely to come for acquisition are the Kovaipudur, Madukkarai and Kinathukidavu belt which is fertile.”
Farmers mentioned the district administration had promised a public assembly with freeway officials, government officials and the farmers in order that their doubts and apprehensions might be cleared.
The Tamil Nadu Farmers Association has petitioned the Coimbatore district collector to be sure that farmers’ critiques, fears and agreements are regarded as sooner than their lands are assessed and marked for acquisition.
With the six-lane greenfield undertaking about to take off and the land acquisition procedure is more likely to start in a few weeks, farmers along the proposed stretch are getting nervous.
Officials mentioned 2,957 acres of land will have to be obtained in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Karur districts.
“They need to be careful when the land that comes underneath the acquisition is fertile agricultural land, where agriculture is being practised,” mentioned the association president S Palanisamy.
“In circumstances where the land has just right irrigation facilities, water supply and just right yield, we wish the federal government to check out finding change land,” he mentioned.
The association demanded that the compensation for farmers be based on the land’s returns to the farmers and its fertility. “They can not repair a worth based on the rule of thumb worth and the general space prices. They must believe the livelihood it supplies to the farmer,” mentioned Palanisamy.
“We additionally need them to take our critiques and calls for into consideration sooner than just walking into our lands for an evaluate and hanging marking stones on it,” he added. “The areas more likely to come for acquisition are the Kovaipudur, Madukkarai and Kinathukidavu belt which is fertile.”
Farmers mentioned the district administration had promised a public assembly with freeway officials, government officials and the farmers in order that their doubts and apprehensions might be cleared.
Farmers apprehensive about Coimbatore-Karur greenfield road project
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