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Under pressure over farmers’ agitation, the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has announced a new land acquisition policy under which its role in acquiring land for private developers would only be that of a facilitator.
The Chief Minister, who held a farmers’ panchayat earlier in the day to discuss their problems, announced that the new policy will be implemented with immediate effect.
Facing flak over acquiring land for private companies, the Government has decided that from now on, the developers would be acquiring land directly from the farmers.
The Chief Minister also said that such acquisitions could only happen with the agreement of 70 per cent of the farmers in a given area. In case of disagreement, the project would be reviewed.
Giving details of the new policy, she said that in the affected villages where land has been acquired, the developer would have to construct a kisan bhawan as well as a model school.
Ms Mayawati clarified that areas where the land has already been acquired and compensation distributed to farmers including Bhatta-Parsaul and Tappal will be out of the ambit of the policy.
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