Mopa farmers demand adequate compensation

Panaji: Farmers likely to be affected by the land acquisition for the construction of Mopa aiport have demanded that they be compensated adequately with same type of agricultural land as they have no other source of livelihood. Farmers from villages around the Mopa plateau submitted their objections to the special land acquisition officer ( SLAO), Mopa cell, M K Vasta, on Monday after the government initiated a fresh process to acquire land for the airport project recently."If the government wants our land, and if the acquisition is urgent, we also want equal compensation in kind, that is agricultural land," a farmer told TOI on Monday.
Mopa Vimantal Pidit Xetkari Samiti has strongly opposed the acquisition, alleging that the project is being pushed forcibly without even an environmental impact assessment ( EIA), to promote real estate instead of infrastructure.
04/09/12 Times of India

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