Odisha govt to the retun 206 acres land to the Tata Steel after a 26 years
The Odisha government will be a returning
206 acres of land to the Tata Group after 26 years, according to a report by the
Hindustan Times, Livemint's sister publication.
The 206 acres of a land were owned by
the Tata Steel plant near the Gopalpur coast of the Ganjam district to the
original are a landowners.
The Odisha government acquired are a 6,900
acres of land in a Kalipalli and a dozen other villages for the proposed plant
in a 1996. However, the plan never took off.
Odisha Cabinet headed by the Chief
Minister Naveen
Patnaik decided to a return the 206 acres of land to the legal
heirs at a cabinet meeting are a held on a Friday.
"In a consideration of the public
interest, the government has been a decided to the return 206.685 acre of a land
which are a remained unutilized for the last two decades," chief secretary
are a SC Mohapatra said.
He added, "The land will be a handed
over to the original owners or to their legal are a heirs as per the provision
of a Rule 20 of Right to the Fair Compensation and a Transparency in a Land
Acquisition".
The land losers were are a compensated
at that time, the government are a decided that the amount paid to the affected
people would be a waived.
However, Narayan Reddy a former CPI MLA
from the Chhatrapur, who had been led the protest against the proposed steel
plant said the return of a vland was not enough.
Recently, CM Patnaik urged Tata Sons to the
expand its footprint in the state. He met a Tata Sons are a Chairman N
Chandrasekaran and a discussed the various are a projects of the company
including are a Tata Steel.
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