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ORR-hit farmers dare bulldozers
Acquisition of farm lands for industrial development was a major issue in Ranga Reddy district in the just-concluded panchayat polls.
In a glaring instance of how land alienation is inflaming passions, agitating farmers of Kokapet (located beyond Gachibowli) on Friday lay down defiantly in front of bulldozers, refusing to budge from their property when Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) and revenue department officials came to take possession of 100 acres of their land.
The land is for the Golden Mile project along the proposed phase-I of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) between Gachibowli and Narsingi. Hotels, IT companies and other corporate offices are planned to come up along the Golden Mile.
As dozens of staff equipped with bulldozers entered the village, the farmers, who anticipated the situation, gathered in large numbers and stopped the staff from demolishing small structures.
The irate farmers lay down in front of the bulldozers and asked the staff to run the machines over them and only then take possession of the land. But soon thereafter, the farmers dropped their Gandhian tactics and threatened to resort to violence and attack the officials.
Sensing their mood, the officials quickly left the spot, leaving behind the equipment. The farmers —mostly from the weaker sections — were assigned about 100 acres of land about 25 years ago in Kokapet village.
However, the catch was they were not given pattas for the land. The land has been under their occupation since the allotment.
With the land value in the area shooting up, Huda now wants to make use of the precious land to fetch Rs 4.5 crore to Rs 6 crore per acre.
The auction for these lands is scheduled to be held on July 20 where several multinational companies and star hotels are expected to bid for plots measuring in acres.
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