Mihan work starts again
The siege on Mihan may be finally lifted on Monday after the work on the site was stalled by project affected persons (PAPs) for one
complete week. The PAPs leader, BJP MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule, said that he had received a letter signed by minister of state for relief and rehabilitation Rana Jagjitsinh Patil accepting their demands. The letter gives a final seal to the three-point package announced by the chief minister on the floor of the house.
Ashok Chavan had said the PAPs will be allowed to choose between developed land in proportion of the 12.5% of the land acquired, transferable development rights (TDRs), or an ex-gratia payment. The letter also says that the rehabilitation package will be prepared on the lines of the state’s rehabilitation policy and a fast track court will be established for settling cases demanding compensation according to the market rates.
However, even as Bawankule says that he now has a written word from the government, the MLA insisted that he would end the strike only if any of the ministers visits the agitating villagers and gives them an assurance. Patil may meet the villagers on Monday evening. The strike would continue if none turns up, he said.
Meanwhile, senior officials of Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), say that they have lost 700 man hours during the strike. As some of the contractors stopped paying the wages, some of the workers had fled the site too.
Source: TOI
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