{"id":2459,"date":"2011-03-07T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T15:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2019-04-20T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T06:53:25","slug":"whose-land-is-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2011\/03\/07\/whose-land-is-it-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Whose Land is it Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/analysis_dont-just-develop-land-develop-future_1516547#comments\">column<\/a><\/strong> in today&#8217;s DNA :<\/p>\n<p>on why\u00a0 the land acquisition policy is short sighted.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week in Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh \u2013 villagers braved bullets to protest against the acquisition of land for a Power Plant. Some Died. This is not the first time we have been reading about farmer outrage at land acquisition. In the last few years farmers have been taking up cudgels against the forcible buying of their land for developmental projects. And, these protests don\u2019t seem to be restricted to a particular state. There was, of course,\u00a0 the famous Singur protest against the Nano plant. But, this was not the exception. There have been protests in Mangalore (Karnataka), in Bairamangalam (Tamil Nadu), Nandigram (West Bengal) in Pen Panvel (Maharashtra), in Jhajar (Haryana) and most recently in Jaitapur (Maharashtra). Farmers across the nation seem to be up in arms against any form of industrialisation.<\/p>\n<p>On the face of it, it seems like a tussle between those who want development and those who want to continue with their traditional way of life. But, dig deeper and there is a common thread that links all these. These are fertile agricultural lands, in densely populated areas, \u00a0being acquired at \u2018throw away\u2019 prices and handed over to large companies to develop \u2013 either as factories or SEZ\u2019s or Power Plants.<\/p>\n<p>Is this development required? Definitely. India needs employment, power and hubs where it can produce goods and services in a planned manner. But, should it be set in densely populated agricultural lands \u2013 that is the crore rupee question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The rest of the column can be read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/analysis_dont-just-develop-land-develop-future_1516547\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My column in today&#8217;s DNA : on why\u00a0 the land acquisition policy is short sighted. Last week in Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh \u2013 villagers braved bullets to protest against the acquisition of land for a Power Plant. Some Died. 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