June 14, 2011
Singur Bill in House today, Cabinet Approves Draft
Kolkata, June 14: The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 will be tabled at 1 pm today in the Assembly. It is 280 pages long, and was approved by the cabinet on Monday and circulated among legislators for a debate.
Less than a month from the day Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the decision to return 400 acres of land to unwilling farmers in Singur, the roadmap to fulfill the promise has got a final shape.
Copies of the draft bill were circulated among lawmakers for their participation in the land debate.
The 280-page bill appends an elaborate list of owners who didn’t take the compensation cheques.
Once the government vests the land, it will return a part to the unwilling landlosers, while the rest will be utilized for socio-economic development, employment generation, industry and for other public purpose.
Once the Bill is through in the Assembly and becomes an Act after the gazette notification, the district magistrate of
