Express
news service:
Ahmedabad, Fri Jun 21 2013, 04:03 hrs
A public interest
petition filed in the High Court has accused Adani Ports and Special
Economic Zone (APSEZ) authorities of encroaching upon pastoral land
in Siracha village of Mundra taluka of Kutch district to build a
"China Colony" probably for the accommodation of its
employees.
The PIL was filed
by 10 residents of Siracha village and a division bench has issued
notices to respondents while scheduling the next hearing after two
weeks.
According to the
PIL, APSEZ has been allotted land in the region, including some
chunks of Siracha's gauchar land. However, subsequently, APSEZ
authorities started encroaching upon 40 acres of Siracha's pastoral
land that was not allotted to it.
Petitioners
alleged their attempts to stop the "encroachment" did not
deter APSEZ authorities, who went ahead with the construction
allegedly with the help of the state authorities and even got a
mobile tower installed there to earn rent.
One of the
petitioners also alleged he was threatened by an employee of APSEZ.
Narendra Jain, the
lawyer for the petitioners, said the court issued notices to all the
respondents, including the state government, APSEZ, Chief Conservator
of Forests, Union of India, Siracha Gram Panchayat and the Kutch
Collector.
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HC notice to
state govt, Centre, Adani Group
AHMEDABAD:
The Gujarat high court Thursday issued notices to the Centre, the
state government, the Adani Group-owned Adani Port Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) and Shiracha village panchayat over a PIL filed by villagers accusing
the company of encroaching on the village's grazing land.
The petitioners have claimed that the company was allotted part of the village's gauchar land for development of APSEZ but, besides the allotted land, the company has been putting up construction on some 40 acres of gauchar land.
The petition filed through advocate Narendra Jain contends that the company has been expanding its residential colony, known as China Colony. It also claims that the company is building a party plot on the encroached gauchar land. The construction is without permission from any of the statutory bodies, including the panchayat, the petitioners have alleged.
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