District land officials said the government could acquire
only 13 of the total 64 acres. "We cannot progress after the
trouble in two mouzas. The minister, district magistrate and
two local MLAs tried to persuade unwilling farmers and
pattadars. Some of the men who accepted compensation cheques
later changed their stance," a district land officer said.
Chairman of the Congress-run Dalkhola Municipality Subhas
Goswami, however, said the Power Grid Corporation offered
"good compensation" to land owners. "They offered Rs 19 lakh
per acre when the market price is Rs 4-5 lakh an acre," he
said.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has offered the Power Grid
Corporation 64 acres, free of encumbrances, if the
corporation shifts the project to the state.
NEW DELHI: Keen to snap out of a policy coma and rev up an
NEW DELHI: Keen to snap out of a policy coma and rev up an
anaemic economy, the government is looking to slash " green
tape" by making lease extensions simpler, amending
restrictions on work beginning on projects where forest land
is involved and easing expansion norms for mines.
Sifting through highly polarizing arguments, new initiatives
aim to reduce points of contention that have often locked
ministers in charge of economic and infrastructure portfolios
into an adversarial position with the ministry of environment
and forests.
Looking to resolve the "clash of mandates" that contributed
to a policy stasis, imperiling the UPA-2's political
prospects as a gloomy economy besides spawning voter
discontent, the government plans to tweak green guidelines in
a manner that brightens the investment climate.
