Stir for more relief to Mopa oustees gains momentum

Mapusa: An agitation demanding better compensation to those losing land for the Mopa airport project is gaining momentum with people in the neighbouring villages joining in.
Mopa villagers, under the banner of Mopa Shetkari Saghatana and under the leadership of Rupesh Parab, are convening meetings in the surrounding villages to fight for more compensation. This is for the first time that farmers from all the affected villages are coming together to unitedly fight for enhanced compensation.
Mopa villagers are agitated as they are not being paid edequate compensation. Villagers under the leadership of Rupesh Parab and former Mopa sarpanch Balkrishna Parab have so far met the affected farmers from the villages of Ugvem, Varkhand, Chandel and Kasarvarne urging them to fight the injustice meted out to them. The affected farmers from these villages have decided to come together to unitedly fight with the government for better compensation.
02/01/12 Times of India

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