With lone opposition from CPI (M), the Tamil Nadu
Assembly has passed amendments to the Right to Fair Compensation and
Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act
(RFCTLARRA), 2013, leaving three State laws from its purview.
However, the government has retained rehabilitation,
compensation and resettlement modalities of the Central Act for the three
exempted State laws, a media report said.
According to the objects of the amendments, the
government passed in February a Bill to exempt from the RFCTLARRA the Tamil
Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, the Tamil NaduAcquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act (TNALIPA) and the Tamil Nadu
Highways Act. This was reserved by the Governor for the consideration of the
President, the report said.
However, the State now decided to withdraw the
previous amendment and pass the current one, whereby, besides the provisions of
compensation under the Central Act, the modalities for rehabilitation and
resettlement would be applied to land acquisition under the three State laws,
the report added.
When the Bill was taken up for consideration on
Monday, CPI(M) leader K. Balakrishnan opposed the amendments, in particular the
exemption given to the TNALIPA. Speaking to The Hindu outside the Assembly, he
said the amendments went against the very spirit of the Central Act aimed to
protect the interests of farmers.
In Tamil Nadu, SIPCOT, a nodal agency for land acquisition, has sent several notices to landowners and farmers to acquire land. In Sriperumbudur where SIPCOT is busy in accumulating land for industry purposes, has met with some resistance from land owners and farmers. Many landowners allege that they have been offered a paltry sum ranging from Rs 150 to Rs 250 per sq ft by SIPCOT whereas rates are going beyond Rs 500-700 per sq ft in some parts of Sriperumbudur.
Ramesh, whose land at Vadagal village is under acquisition, has lost all hopes. He along with a few landowners of his area were called for a meeting at the collector's office and told that the government would handover the compensation to the court and then they would have to approach the court to get their money.
He said, he along with several others, have decided to give up their land as it is futile to knock the doors of the courts against the land acquisition.
However, some still are pinning on the hope that central law would prevail upon the state and they will get a fair compensation for their land.
In Tamil Nadu, SIPCOT, a nodal agency for land acquisition, has sent several notices to landowners and farmers to acquire land. In Sriperumbudur where SIPCOT is busy in accumulating land for industry purposes, has met with some resistance from land owners and farmers. Many landowners allege that they have been offered a paltry sum ranging from Rs 150 to Rs 250 per sq ft by SIPCOT whereas rates are going beyond Rs 500-700 per sq ft in some parts of Sriperumbudur.
Ramesh, whose land at Vadagal village is under acquisition, has lost all hopes. He along with a few landowners of his area were called for a meeting at the collector's office and told that the government would handover the compensation to the court and then they would have to approach the court to get their money.
He said, he along with several others, have decided to give up their land as it is futile to knock the doors of the courts against the land acquisition.
However, some still are pinning on the hope that central law would prevail upon the state and they will get a fair compensation for their land.
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