Who is the Government to evict out farmers out of their lands ??
WHY CAN'T TATA NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH THE FARMERS ? ITS BECAUSE THE FARMERS WON'T SELL THEIR LANDS. THAT'S WHY THEY APPROACHED THE GOVERNMENT.
PRACTICALY, THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTING LIKE A GOON, WHICH IS FORCIBLY EVICTING THE FARMERS OUT FOR TATA. THIS IS DONE IN THE NAME OF SOCIALISM.
POLITICIANS WILL GET THEIR "COMMISSION", AND THE FARMERS WILL BECOME LANDLESS LABOURERS AND SEEK MENIAL JOBS IN CITIES AND LIVE IN SLUMS.
( Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 20:01 )
Aam-admi
no-ism involved please!let us think impassionately!Yes,we need jobs for our youngsters and the country needs to become an industrial nation,ofcourse,not at the expense of agriculture and converting farm lands!at this rate, we get back to slot1 of early sixties ,when we used to import food grains from US!this is what the politicians and political parties are doing in the name of SEZ(special Economic zones!).yes we need SEZ and let state govts involved identify NON_AGRICULTURE ZONES ,develop infrastructure like roads,communcations etc and and allot them for this purpose and no one should have any objection!but,the clever PLOY by industrialists and politicians is to grab areas which already have this connectivity and development and neither party wants to get involved in developing the needed infrastruture!.In any case, let the Industrial house come out and say why they are only interested in Singur?
( Posted: Tuesday , December 12, 2006 at 09:41 )
nagesh nayak
Hi Nikhil,
Please convey your leaders that WAL MART is not doing all these for their benefit only . Tell them to see all such things in global context.
You people are playing double standard politics.
Think twice before commenting on globalisation .
Thruout India u are organising unions & calling for strike. Now u r thinking of union in IT sector also.
A multicrop & fertile land of farmers are grabbed. Why dont u start project in barren land.
Madam Mamata is doing excellent job.
Where were u when Medha Patkar was opposing Narmada Project with the support of Amir Khan. Then she was good for u.now u r opposing her.
We are always supporter of development . We need both atta(Food) & TaTa.
( Posted: Tuesday , December 12, 2006 at 09:01 )
@Nagash,my friend, I really appreciate your strong opinion against the land-acquisition carried on by WB govt. At least you have some reasons to back your verdict, which is, unfortunately, not the case for most of the people who are raising voices, either pro or anti. However, two things I would like to address..
1. "Madam Mamata is doing an excellent job" - I do not really get how you are so impressed by her "antics"...Calling strikes, disrupting normal life in Kolkata...and above all..provoking her followers to carry on vandalism in the Assembly House..photos of which were published across the world(thanks to the e-media)these do nothing good but add to the shame of our state...Rather, it would have been more sensible for all the parties to sit together and discuss the issue over once more maybe
2. "A multicrop & fertile land of farmers are grabbed"..the word 'farmer' is vague. There are three categories that benefit from lands...The land owner himself, the share-cropper who takes up the onus of cultivation and share the produce with land-owners and finally the farmers, who tilt the land as daily wage-earners..Inspite of fairly generous compensation doled out (8.4 Lakhs/acre for single-crop and 12 Lakh for double-crop which is incidentally double the corresponding market prices), it seems that the land-owners alone are getting fully benefitted, while the other two classes may have been deprived to a certain extent. So it would be sensible to convince Mr. Bhattacharya to re-consider the compensation issue and see to it that everyone gets a fair treatment.
Finally, my friend,it may be easy for me and you to have a brainstorm from our PCs.But think of the people who carry the responsibility for betterment of a state which is still struggling in most sectors. If a company like Tata(with its well-known philanthropic visions) promises a brighter future in terms of employment and overall ecomony in lieu of these lands, is it that cruel an act to fulfill their demand ?
( Posted by Syamantak Das on )
Can anybody let us know that out of 997 acres of land, how many acres are multicrop? How many people have given their land voluntarily? If you calculate it will come as 2% to 3 % of the people who are having multicrop land and they don't want to give (Coz they are influenced by the TMC+Naxalites)!
Please see the compensation packages for the farmers: 1 arcs multicrop - 12 laks + jobs 1 arcs singlecrop - 9 lks +jobs
Apart from that this industry will generate 10000 jobs directly and indirectly! The govt. is already started giving them trainings in various things.
If you consider any industrial revolution, there has to be an incident of acquisition of little multicrop land! If that was not the case, we can not see any industry anywhere!!
Lastly, The Govt. is always open to have a discussion for the compensation! The TMC and others are refused to have a discussion. Actually they are against the better tomorrow of WB!!
( Posted by suman on )
Do you own any land in Singur? Have you ever had your land acquired? If so, you will realise that such "acquisition" is nothing but theft of land. Statistics and numbers of "compensation" are easy to quote, but taking land without the owner's consent is nothing but land-grabbing.
Why could the Tata's not buy the land directly from the farmers? Why bring the government (with all its powerful enforcement machinery) into what is essentially a COMMERCIAL transaction? Shame on them for perpetrating this crime on the poor people of Singur (albeit indirectly).
( Posted by Balasubramanian on )
suman deb roy
I strongly agree with Manoj! We can not stop the development just because few people will not be benefited! The Govt. is giving money to all the farmers who are given their land. If the farmers are influenced by unethical, valueless, hooligans parties like TMC+Naxalites, then we can not help!
My request to CNN IBN to give the people a data where it displays how many people have given their land so that the picture will clearer!
If you see any industrial revolution, some people gets affected because of the greater interest of the mass!
And mamta didi, I think she always teh feet of Jyoti Basu whenever she won the election! Everybody knows that shouting and abusing won't help now days. Didi : Get well soon!!
( Posted: Tuesday , December 12, 2006 at 08:39 )
How gracious of you? Why don't you go right away to Singur, buy the land of one of those farmers who is unwilling to sell it to the government (at a price that is acceptable to him) and then voluntarily give it up to the government for the "acquisition"?
It is easy to sit far away and talk of the benefits of "development". But it hurts when your property is snatched away from you for someone else's benefit.
( Posted by Balasubramanian on )
Nikhil
Just stop to project all false thing(s). - Just think about the progress INDIA can make from this. - Mr. TATA is not doing all these for their benifit only. [Ofcourse they will have profit from this] but this is not their generic goal.
Please convey Mamata and Rajnathsingh to see all such things in global context and stop of being Megha Patkar for West Bengal.
( Posted: Tuesday , December 12, 2006 at 05:40 )
Manoj
Keep the story straight. There's an over-whelming set of people who have sold the land willingly for a sum which is much higher than the rate that existed for the same plot 1 year ago. Its just a few (less than 2%), who have for some reason, are not willing (or not being allowed to by Trinamool Congress people) to sell. For these 2% (numbering around 20-30), a future for 10,000 people cannot be jeopardised. Please put the story in proper context. Mind you, indirectly atleast another 20,000 people would gain by this factory as well.
( Posted: Monday , December 11, 2006 at 22:51 )
AnIndian
Story is same everywhere. clear nexus between powerful industialist+politicians. A farmer can sell an acre for 1.5-7Lac across country but same when sold by builders costs crores. A farmer itself can't turn builder since lots of beurocracy that needs "right" knowledge to get those things cleared. But a builder sets things right in a week or so.. One can check rates in Pune Hinjewadi regioin where an acre costs 5-7Lac and its near to IT but no common man/farmer can cut plots. It wud give to those industrialists who get things done "right" and than sell the same land at exorbant prices.
but why am I crying.. Aren't we all aware of this.. This story is same be it Rajasthan or Haryana or UP or anywhere. To get things done, one needs to pay heavily everywhere and that ultimately is charged to common people like us making our life a hell by getting burdeed with huge EMIs..
( Posted: Monday , December 11, 2006 at 21:56 )
yavsrajesh
If the LF has any shame left it has to commit suicide adn b4 that should fall at teh feet of Mamata Didi who has taken up this issue and apologize to the Public
( Posted: Monday , December 11, 2006 at 20:58 )
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