Despite the order of the court, compensation for the land acquired 25 years ago has not yet been given to more than 100 farmers.
Despite the order of the court, compensation for the land acquired 25 years ago has not yet been given to more than 100 farmers.
a member of Perundurai Sipcot Affected Public Welfare Association He has urged the state government to provide adequate compensation to the farmers who gave their land to set up SIPkot in Perundurai 25 years ago.
In an email to Chief Minister MK Stalin, the members said that based on Government Order 91/91 dated February 2, 1991, 2,700 acres of land in Perundurai and Ingur villages were acquired from farmers and the land was registered in the name of Tamil . Nadu Corporation for Industrial Infrastructure Development Limited (TACID). Farmers in Ingur were given compensation of Rs 60,000 per acre for dry land, Rs 1.20 lakh per acre for agricultural land and people in Perundurai Rs 1.50 lakh per acre and Rs 2 lakh per acre respectively.
Due to various reasons, more than 100 families owning 200 acres did not directly register their land in the name of TACID. Later, the government fixed ₹60,000 per acre for land acquisition. As the compensation was meager, many people approached the Erode court, which on June 6, 2006, ordered a compensation of ₹ 2.10 lakh per acre to the petitioners. But the state government and the Sipcot administration appealed against this order in the Madras High Court. The court dismissed the appeal petition on February 21, 2020 and ordered payment of compensation.
Despite the court order, compensation to more than 100 farmers is yet to be paid, the email said. The farmers had given their land for industrial development and the delay in settlement of their compensation is unjustified, the email said and urged the government to pay compensation at the earliest.