This story is from December 21, 2011

Ring road work to resume today

The ring road project stalled due to farmers' protest since long will see the day of light on Wednesday.Sanjosh Supreme has been awarded the project.
Ring road work to resume today
JAIPUR: The ring road project stalled due to farmers' protest since long will see the day of light on Wednesday. Sanjosh Supreme has been awarded the project. However, protest by farmers is probable, who might take out rally as their demands have not been met yet.
The work will start from Nevta village in zone 9 and Dadiya village in zone 14 on the land available with the JDA.
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"The company will start the work on the site from today amid police presence for the sake of law and order." JDA has not taken possession of the complete land but, the authorities have decided to start the work on available land. At present, JDA claims 14 Km land has been taken into possession.
The vehicles such an earth levelers, rollers and grinders will be mobilized by the company for the initial work. An official at zone 9 in Nevta village informed, the JDA had already started the work on project affected people (PAP) area and is leveling a patch of three kilometres, but the work was affected by protest. An official said, the JDA and the company will start the work simultaneously, the company will start construction of the 90 metre-wide transport corridor and the JDA will develop commercial corridors on 135 metre on either sides of the proposed road.
With the announcement of restart of work, the opposing farmers, too, are rolling up their sleeves. Ring Road Sangrash Samiti, president, Badri Prasad, said, "The farmers had called an emergency meeting at Balawala station on Diggi Road on Tuesday. And from Wednesday they will start a 47 km march and rouse other farmers to oppose till their demands are met." He added, "The farmers will not interfere in the work as it is not being done on their land, however, if the state government will tries to forcefully take possession, they will oppose."
The farmers continue to oppose the project for better benefits and compensation as per the Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act 2011 which is yet to be enacted.
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Jaipur: The ring road project work delayed due to farmers protest since long will see the day of light on Wednesday with Sanjosh Supreme, the company awarded the project , set to start the work on the site. However, the project will also see the protest by farmers who will be taking out rally as their demands are not met yet.

The work for the 47 km proposed ring road will be started from Nevta village in zone - 9 and Dadiya village in zone -14 on the land available with the JDA. "The company will start the work on the site from today. The work will start in the presence of police to maintain law and order." The JDA has not taken possession of the complete land; however, the authorities have decided to start the work on the available land. At present, the JDA claims the possession of 14 Km land is been taken.
The vehicles such an earth levelers, roller and grinders will be mobilized by the company to start the initial work. An official informed in zone - 9 Nevta village the JDA is already started the work on project affected people ( PAP) area and a patch of three kilometers is been leveled by the JDA , however, due to earlier protest the work was affected. An official said, the JDA and the company will start the work simultaneously, the company will start construction 90 metre-wide transport corridor and the JDA will develop commercial corridor on 135 metre on either sides of the proposed road.
With the announcement of starting the work for the project, the farmers opposing the project also geared up on Tuesday. Ring Road Sangrash Samiti , president Badri Prasad said, "The farmers had called an emergency meeting a Balawala station on Diggi road. From Wednesday the farmers will start a 47 km march and educate farmers to oppose the project till their demands are met." He added, "The farmers will not intrude the work of the project as the work is not started on their land, however, if state government will try to take possession forcefully the farmers will oppose."
The farmers continue to oppose the project for better benefits and compensation as per the Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act 2011 which is yet to be enacted.
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