K Ramanathan Iyer
Kudos to Singur villagers! One must admire their courage and gusto to extract fatty compensation for their farm lands much higher than the market prices from the government.
Farmers from other states should take a cue from Singur counterparts. Take the case of the villagers in and around Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, some 50 km from Chennai on the Bengalore Highway.
Thousands of acres of farm land have already been taken away by the state government-run SIPCOT to be distributed to the industrial giants from within and outside India. Several Korean, German and Japanese industrial majors have already got allotted lands at much cheaper rate, while farmers and villagers were given only peanuts in the name of compensation for their acquired land. Did anyone hear a murmur from these villagers or land owners against the land acquisition? No way.
Some of the land-owners who had bought their housing plots from land developers for their future purpose or for their old-age settlement in a pollution-free environ a decade ago, are now ruing their fate as their lands had been taken away by the SIPCOT with a meager compensation package.
I am sure that some of our Sulekha members too from Mumbai, Delhi or elsewhere must have bought land in Sriperumbudur. One must contact the SIPCOT office in Sriperumbudur or Egmore in Chennai immediately quoting the survey number and name of the village mentioned in their sale deed to find out the fate of their land. If one’s land is not under the purview of SIPCOT his or her one ground plot (of 2400 sq ft) will fetch Rs 10 lakh or even more.
If the land survey number falls (unfortunately) under SIPCOT’s acquisition map, one will get a compensation of Rs 1.5-2 lakh only depending upon the proximity of land to the main road. To reach the compensation, one may have to wait up to two years or more!
Several acres of orchids have been slashed to make way for this maddening industrialization being executed by the state government without increasing the basic infrastructure for these industries. As the state has already been reeling under acute power crisis due to heavy distribution of power to IT sector, the onset of industries in Sriperumbudur near Chennai will only add to the woes of the power-starved state.
When I was in Chandigarh three years back, I was told by my journalist colleagues that even Punjab and Haryana buy electricity from Tamil Nadu. I wonder, what has happened to the state, which had surplus electricity only three years back to impose 3-6 hours forced power cut now on people?
Friends! Those who have land in Tamil Nadu, particularly in Sriperumbudur, should raise their voice against this forceful acquisition and those who are attached to judiciary should file a suit in an appropriate court of justice to claim rightful compensation. You can also visit this link to find more details about the latest acquisition by SIPCOT and compensation details.
http://www.sriperumbudur.in/forum/property-related-developments-and-other-recent-updates/updates-for-plot-owners-at-sriperumpudur-t-41.html
or
http://www.sipcot.com/
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