Durgapur: The Burdwan administration today requested the CPM to convince farmers to part with their land for shifting electricity towers near the runway of the proposed Andal airport after local Trinamul leaders refused to get involved citing unwillingness of the residents to give plots.
Pandaveswar MLA Gouranga Chatterjee, under whose area the 70 acres identified for acquisition fall, and other local CPM leaders, however, did not attend a meeting the Durgapur sub-divisional officer (SDO) called today with project promoter Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) and district officials to know the pulse of the farmers. No farmer representative attended the meeting either.
Chatterjee, whose party’s support in Burdwan has waned, said he felt “ignored and insulted” at not being invited to the naming ceremony of the airport on September 19.
“I was surprised that I was not invited even though I am the local MLA. Our party had conceived and promoted the project in 2007. I felt ignored and insulted. A district official called me up last evening and sought help in convincing the villagers to give up their land. The official requested me to attend today’s meeting,” Chatterjee said.
29/10/13 Telegraph
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Pandaveswar MLA Gouranga Chatterjee, under whose area the 70 acres identified for acquisition fall, and other local CPM leaders, however, did not attend a meeting the Durgapur sub-divisional officer (SDO) called today with project promoter Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) and district officials to know the pulse of the farmers. No farmer representative attended the meeting either.
Chatterjee, whose party’s support in Burdwan has waned, said he felt “ignored and insulted” at not being invited to the naming ceremony of the airport on September 19.
“I was surprised that I was not invited even though I am the local MLA. Our party had conceived and promoted the project in 2007. I felt ignored and insulted. A district official called me up last evening and sought help in convincing the villagers to give up their land. The official requested me to attend today’s meeting,” Chatterjee said.
29/10/13 Telegraph
