State govt. to set up committee to study demands of farmers displaced by Karanja dam
The Hindu
State government to form committee to study higher compensation for Karanja Irrigation Project displaced farmers in Bidar district.
The State government will set up a technical committee comprising irrigation, revenue and finance experts to study the demand for higher compensation for farm families that have been displaced by the Karanja Irrigation Project in Bidar district.
Chief Minister Siddharamaiah announced this after a meeting of representatives of the Karanja Displaced Farmers Agitation Committee at the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Thursday.
“The committee will study the problems of the victims who have lost their land for the Karanja project in Bidar district and are fighting for fair compensation,” he said.
Minister Eshwar Khandre said that the government acquired land in the 1970s for the construction of Karanja dam.
It was meant to provide irrigation facilities to 29,227 hectares of land in Bidar district. However, land losers have not been given adequate compensation. They have lost their means of livelihood and are forced to work as farm hands. This problem is pending for five decades and has to be resolved, the Minister said.
Some of the people who lost their land have filed a case in court and in one case, the court has ordered a compensation of ₹88,000 per acre. The Minister said that a one-time compensation package should be announced for them.
Mr. Khandre recalled that a committee formed by the former Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh recommended a special rehabilitation package. But the State Cabinet rejected the recommendation of the committee headed by an Additional Chief Secretary.
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