SEZ rehab package is a mirage to farmers
Special Economic Zone has become a talk of the town today across the country. In Raigad district alone 30 thousand acre land will be acquired by Reliance, from farmers under the SEZ project and subsequent to SEZ- Reliance gas pipe line run under ground the paddy-field (land) of more than 450 farmers in Karjat tahsil alone, which adversely affects their substinence. Thousands of poor farmers will be stripped of their cultivable land at the cost of livelihood. Political leaders and social activists are pulling a big crowd, rally the farmers to raise their voice against the special economic zone project and its possible ill consequences. When a central committee of parliament members, from New Delhi were scheduled to visit the affected farmers to know their consensus/consent regarding to the SEZ project, there was a hue and cry of the event. It is also learnt that Reliance group were pulling all strength together to prevent the project stricken farmers from seeking audience with the commi