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MIHAN forced solution comes undone

Project-affected people to file petition for return of land

Aparna Pallavi

It was a meeting which promised to draw the final curtain on land acquisition for the MIHAN special economic zone (SEZ) in Nagpur, Maharashtra. But it led to another round of conflict between residents and authorities, belying official claims that the problem, hanging fire for the past several years, has been resolved.

According to district officials, 95 per cent of the land acquisition for  the SEZ, close to the Nagpur airport in the southern part of the city, is complete. The meeting on Monday was meant to resolve the conflict over 135.08 hectares (ha) of land belonging to 188 land owners in Jaitala and Bhamti areas, where residents have consistently refused to part with land.

District officials says 95 per cent of the land acquisition for the SEZ, close to the Nagpur airport in the southern part of the city, is complete
The last meeting was meant to resolve the conflict over 135.08 hectares (ha) of land belonging to 188 land owners in Jaitala and Bhamti areas who are refusing to part with land
Collector Saurabh Rao did not rule out compulsory land acquisition