The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, headed by BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, on Thursday tabled its report on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 (LARR Bill) that recommended complete overhaul of the legislation.

Wants pvt sector to fend for itself, measures to involve local bodies, generous compensation

Parliament’s standing committee report on the government’s land acquisition Bill has sought a thorough tightening of the provisions to ensure involvement of local institutions and an “informed and transparent process”.Tabled in Parliament on Thursday, it comes down heavily on the provisions allowing the government to acquire land for the private sector for “public goods and services” and in case of public-private partnerships.

Once a source of fresh water for irrigation, Kadaperi lake is now rapidly degrading

Due to unchecked pollution, abetted by government agencies, a sprawling water body in Tambaram is under siege. The Kadaperi Lake in West Tambaram, has fallen a victim to pollution caused by unchecked discharge of grey water and sullage from homes and commercial establishments, as well as effluents from the Tambaram Depot of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation.

New Delhi The Parliament's standing committee on rural development has recommended a widening of the ambit of the Land Acquisition Bill, 2011, to include highways, nuclear plants, mines and special economic zones (SEZ).

Since much of the land acquisition for public purpose under the proposed law expected in mining, power and other infrastructure sectors, these exemptions needed to be removed, the committee felt.

AHMEDABAD: A day after the Gujarat high court held all constructions at the Adani Port & Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) in Kutch illegal in absence of environment clearance, the same bench on Thursday stayed construction activities in 7,000 hectare area. However, this halt order is conditional and temporary.

A PIL was filed by advocate Hashim Qureshi claiming that the Kutch district collector on July 15, 2005, allotted 7,000 hactare land in a single day by passing 26 orders simultaneously for the purpose of development of SEZ.

In a landmark judgement, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday stayed all activities in the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) till they get the environment clearance from the Centre. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J.B.Pardiwala upheld a petition by people of the villages affected by the 18,000-acre Mundra Port and SEZ in Kutch district and ruled that the all construction and other activities should stop until the clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday ordered Alstom Bharat Forge to stop operations within the premises of Adani Port & Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) in Mundra, Gujarat, until the SEZ obtains the necessary environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday stayed construction and further development activities by all units in the Adani Group-owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (now Adani Port Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)) in Mundra taluka of Kutch district, till environmental clearance is granted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

The directions were issued on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed last year by villagers of Navinal village in Mundra opposing construction, and other developmental activities that changes the landscape, topography or geography, within land and area of APSEZ.