Odhisha
The developers – Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries Ltd, Saraf Agencies and state owned Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) – are yet to utilise full land within their notified SEZs. Around 115.70ha land is lying vacant in Hindalco’s aluminium products SEZ at Lapanga near Sambalpur. Saraf Agencies have 105.20 ha land lying vacant. [...] Continue Reading »
The date January 1, 2014, has been fixed by the state government to evaluate the benchmark value of land. On the same day, the revised land acquisition law, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCTLAR&R), 2013, came into effect. Land acquisition cases initiated before 2014 will be [...] Continue Reading »
The Odhisha government is worried about land mafia and influential people grabbing vast stretches of government land in prime locations in the Bhubaneshwar. City management group (CMG), consisting of consisting of officers of different government agencies and police, recently met to express concerns over encroachments. Injeti Srinivas, development commissioner asked National Informatics Centre (NIC) to [...] Continue Reading »
