Farmers Movement Archive

Land acquisition: Higher compensation demanded

Farmers from several parts of Doaba on Tuesday staged a protest against the land acquisition for the six-lane Delhi-Jammu-Katra expressway project, with the Kirti Kisan Union (KKU), Rajewal, extending its support to them.After submitting a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, the farmers also burnt the effigies of Capt Amarinder Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The farmers said the government was not offering them the market rate for acquiring the land for the ring road project.Farmers under the banner of Road Sangharsh Committee, Jalandhar and Doaba, visited the Deputy Commissioner’s office and submitted a memorandum demanding stalling of the acquisition process.Amarjot Singh, member, Road Sangharsh Committee, said, “We are not against development but the government should offer farmers the market rate. It is an open secret that there is always a variation between the actual land price and the registry rates. The government is offering Rs35-40 lakh per acre. It is peanuts, as the market price of their lands is in crores”.The farmers also demanded that the state government should halt the land acquisition process until the agitation against the farm laws came to a logical conclusion.The farmers also said they were not getting adequate compensation for their land. Ajmail Singh, a protesting farmer, said: “The government is acquiring land at low rates to help industrialists. The farmers will be benefitted only if the government gives the market price of their land and not the collector rate, which has not been revised for decades.” — TNS

The Tribune

2021-08-04

Jalandhar