Thursday, August 18, 2011

INDIA: Now, farmers can't reclaim their land in UP

LUCKNOW: When farmers are coming forward to reclaim their land acquired for long but not used by the Uttar Pradesh government, the latter has amended the law to stop farmers from doing so.

The move also clashes with the provisions in the new land acquisition law proposed by the Central government. The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday got the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2011 approved by the state assembly amid uproar and then adjoined the assembly sine die. After the amendment, now people will not be able to stake claim to get back their land once acquired by the government, even if it is not used for more than five years after acquisition.

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