Controversial solar plant: Demand to withdraw force from Assam farmers’ land
The Hindu
More than 150 academics, activists, lawyers, students, filmmakers and others condemn the deployment of CRPF personnel at Mikir Bamuni Grant amid the COVID-19 pandemic
A group of academics, activists, lawyers, students, filmmakers and concerned citizens has demanded the withdrawal of security personnel from the site of a controversial solar power plant in Assam that in the midst of the country’s worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group of 153 signatories has also asked the authorities to stop the construction on Azure Power’s solar plant until the contested claims over the land in Nagaon district’s Mikir Bamuni Grand are settled besides taking action against officials who submitted false reporters regarding cultivation and tenancy rights. “For more than a year, the Karbi and Adivasi farmers of Mikir Bamuni Grant village have been fighting to protect their lands, forcibly taken over by Azure Power Forty Private Limited for building a solar power plant. The land in question was cleared and cultivated by the ancestors of these farmers for generations,” a statement issued by the group said on Tuesday.More Related News