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Farmers threaten self-immolation if compensation for land acquired in '87 is not hiked
After the new Land Acquisition Act came into force in 2014, the farmers of Shatabdi Nagar are demanding increased compensation for land acquired in 1987.
After the Land Acquisition Act came into force in 2014, the farmers of Shatabdi Nagar are demanding increased compensation according to the new rules. “The MDA has taken over our land at throwaway prices, and they are now selling it at high prices. Increased compensation is our right and we have been demanding for it for the past many years. Nobody has paid any heed to our demands. We will now immolate ourselves if our demands were not met,” said Sunil Choudhary, a farmer.
“We have been given a raw deal by MDA. Other farmers in other areas were given higher compensation. We kept demanding higher rates, but that did not happen. Now that the new Land Acquisition Act is in force, we should get compensation according to the new law. It is our right. If the MDA doesn’t heed to our demands within a week, farmers have threatened self-immolation,” said Ravinder Dauralia of Bhartiya Kisan Union.
Meanwhile, MDA is in no mood to pay higher compensation. “They have been given Rs 300 crore in compensation. Initially, they were given an amount, which was increased later. They have been given whatever was due to them. The land acquisition happened in 1987. How long can they keep demanding increased compensation? Moreover, these farmers had given an undertaking in 2011 that all the dues have been cleared and that nothing was owed to them,” said Yogendra Yadav, MDA vice-chairman.
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