Haryana CM assures farmers on SEZ issue

Chandugarh, Oct 3 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minster Bhupinder Singh Hooda today reiterated that his government was committed to safeguarding the interests of the farmers while acquiring land for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

Addressing the Sarpanches, the Members of Panchayat Smities and Zila Parishad of district Gurgaon at Delhi, he said 75 per cent of the land for SEZs in National Capital Region would be purchased through Developers on market rate.

The state government would acquire the remaining 25 per cent of the land for which compensation of Rs 23 lakh per acre would be given to the farmers whose land would be acquired, he said.

Mr Hooda said that the farmers were free to approach the court for enhancing the compensation amount if they desired to. He said the previous Chautala Government had fixed a meagre compensation amount of Rs 160 crore to acquire land for the construction of 135 km long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway whereas the present government had enhanced the compensation amount to Rs 650 crore which had directly benefited the farmers.

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