Mopa airport: Farmers want higher compensation

Mapusa: Farmers affected by the proposed airport at Mopa have strongly denounced "pitiful rates of compensation" the government has offered to compensate them with. Farmers believe that their land has been unfairly acquired by paying a meagre compensation of 20 and 38 per sq m and has warned of a bigger agitation if the government doesn't come up with a solution before December 19.
The affected farmers from Mopa, Varkhand, Casarvarnem, Chandel, Uguem, Amerem and Poroscodem have decided to come together to fight for a better compensation for parting with their land to the greenfield Mopa airport.
The land losers from the Mopa village under the banner of 'Mopa Shetkari Saghatana' has submitted a memorandum to the chairman of the state law commission, Ramakant Khalap, urging him to pursue their matter - that they be adequately compensated for their land being taken away from them.
According to farmers, they have been offered 20 per sq m for tenant property land and 38 for ownership land. In tenancy land, 10 will go to the tenant while 10 will go to the owner. They are not happy with the compensation being presently offered to them and have therefore expressed their resentment over the project.
06/12/11 Times of India

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