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| Harsh alleges Govt's apathy towards farmers of State | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 27: JKNPP Chairman and former Minister, Harsh Dev Singh expressed grave concern over the pitiable plight of the farmers are suffering immensely not only due to vagaries of weather but also the despicable apathy shown by the government towards their concerns.
In a statement issued here, he said the farmers are in distress and utter depression in the state due to continuous crop failures, destruction of agricultural fields caused due to last year's floods and rains, loss of cattle and other livestock, crash in the price of agricultural produce, non-provision of Minimum Support Price (MSP) with utter apathy shown by the govt. towards them. He further regretted that the state govt. had added to further gloom and doom by resorting to large scale acquisition of lands from agriculturists in various districts at throw away prices thus divesting the farmers of their small holdings in the name of public utility works.
He said that lands of farmers were being acquired at negligible prices and even free of cost in certain cases by the govt. in J&K notwithstanding the fact that all other states of the country were paying two to four times the market value of land sought to be acquired by their respective govts. for public purposes under the revised Land Acquisition Law enacted by UPA govt. in 2013.
Seeking the extension of 'Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act' (LARR Act of 2013) to the state of J&K, he regretted the forcible expropriation of land from farmers in the J&K state by the state and central govt. at negligible prices for construction of roads, railway tracks, construction of school and hospitals buildings, irrigation canals besides other works.
Demanding the extension of LARR Act 2013 to the state in its original form as conceptualized by erstwhile UPA govt. as against the proposed NDA bill, he observed that the said legislation would not only ensure adequate compensation to the affected farmers but also provide employment to at-least one member of the family whose lands would be acquired by the govt.
He said that implementation of the said law whose operation has been inordinately delayed in the state of J&K, would further ensure consent of 80% of the affected land owners besides a provision of social impact Assessment (SIA) as envisaged under the said Act.
Lambasting the govt. for its failure to enact and extend farmer friendly laws to J&K, Balwant Singh Mankotia State President sought the retrospective application of LARR Act of 2013 in its original form so that several thousands of acres of land acquired from farmers after 2011 is paid adequate compensation in conformity with rates paid in rest of the country.
The LARR Act would not only guarantee adequate monetary compensation to affected farmers but also guarantee for rehabilitation and resettlement as well in addition to a fair and transparent mechanism for acquisition. |
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