"Don't acquire land for power plant till Land Act is passed"

NASHIK: Opposing the acquisition of farmers' land for a power project here, former Justice B G Kolse-Patil has said that the Maharashtra government should wait till the land acquisition bill is passed by the Centre.


"The Land Acquisition Act will be introduced soon and as per its provisions, land for any project can be acquired if 80 per cent farmers are willing to give their land. The state government should wait till the new act is passed by the Centre," he told reporters here yesterday after submitting a memorandum to the district collector demanding that land acquisition for the project should be stopped.

The state government machinery is currently acquiring land to set up a railway line for the thermal power plant of India Bulls at Sinnar with many farmers alleging that they were being forced to sell their land.