The recent compensation package announced for the Mihan project affected persons (PAPs) has left them divided. One group of oustees has accepted the dole with others opposing it. Schisms surfaced on Thursday when the district administration officials reached Shivangaon to conduct measurements before going ahead with land acquisition.
A group of residents backed by Praful Gudadhe Patil, leader of PAPs in neighbouring Jaitala-Bhamti villages reached Shivangaon to stall the process leading to a tiff. On the other side were oustees led by Baba Dawre who were so far agitating against land acquisition. His brother Bapu Dawre has now joined the Patil camp along with a section of other Shivangaon residents. As a clash between groups appeared imminent, the police whisked away the protestors including Bapu Dawre charging them with obstructing government work. The measurement continued peacefully after that.Each village had a different leader. Khapri was led by BJP MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Jaitala-Bhamti by Patil and BJP leader Vijay Raut, and Shivangaon being under Dawre. However, equations have entirely changed since last one month. Dawre has now softened his stance saying that all their demands have been met including offer of 12.5% developed land against each familyas holdings acquired. Until a week ago, both Patil and Raut together opposed the acquisition itself. Now Raut has distanced himself from Patil saying a majority of the residents had agreed to the package and hence there was no need for the agitation to continue. Bawankule has been lying low.
asAlmost 80% of villagers in Jaitala-Bhamti have agreed to the compensation, so the agitation ends now,a? Raut told TOI. Patil countered this claim saying he had the support of a majority of residents who were still against the acquisition and a petition has already been filed opposing the process. The petition contends that even as the land was acquired under by evoking urgency clause, nothing has come up on the land acquired so far and that showed there was no pressing need.
Patil said even a section of Shivangaon residents were against measurement which he alleged was carried out in violations of rules as the mandatory seven-day notice was not served. Even those supporting it are being misled, he added. Dawre accused Patil of political manoeuvring to garner support for impending municipal elections.
Land in the three villages, Jaitala, Bhamti and Shivangaon has been earmarked for building the second runway for Mihan. So far the runway on which the project hinges has remained in doldrums due to the ousteesa opposition. With Shivangaon now agreeing, Jaitala-Bhamti area which will form the tip of the runway remains.
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