Plea to acquire land for Sitammasagar as per PESA Act
The Hindu
Vyavasaya Karmika Sangham seeks fair compensation and job for one member of affected family
As the land acquisition process for Sitammasagar multi-purpose irrigation project gained pace, the Telangana Vyavasaya Karmika Sangham (TVKS) district committee has renewed its appeal to the authorities to strictly comply with provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act [PESA] for acquiring lands from farmers in Fifth Schedule areas. The demand for better compensation and job for one member of each project-affected family from various quarters has gained momentum as the process of serving notices of award of compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Act, 2013, already began in Aswapuram mandal. The multi-purpose project has been designed to harness the surplus waters of the Godavari for both irrigation and hydel power generation with the main objective of stabilising the ayacut planned under the Sitarama Lift Irrigation Project under construction. It envisages construction of barrage with a storage capacity of 36.5 tmcft radial gates across Godavari River downstream of the existing Dummugudem anicut at Ammagaripalli village in Aswapuram mandal. Right and Left guide bunds have been planned on either side of the barrage as part of a protection mechanism for which the land acquisition process has been expedited. An estimated 3,244 acres of land will be required for the multipurpose project in Aswapuram, Manuguru, Dummugudem and Charla mandals.More Related News