Here I am not talking about the large Industrialists,Builders,Politicians and others who all do it on a regular basis and manage to get away with it most of the time...
This happens even with ordinary people ,the poor people and the middle class people.I have seen a piece of land measuring 50 cents ( half acre )marked for making a public park being gobbled up by several households located around it.This is done with absolutely no consideration or concern ....Even the concerned authorities take a very lenient attitude towards the whole issue ...We also see poorer section of the people occupying land belonging to someone else and then refusing to leave, with the authorities supporting them.In many such cases , the owners lose their land with politicians supporting the poor and their cause :dry:
Is this right ?
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Land are mainly grabbed by the political leaders,business men not by the simple man.They are just the looser in this world.those who have enough money they are doing so.
Simple people do it all the time - extending ones compound wall when you have a corner plot, and if no one notices build the compound wall over a rain water gutter is all land grabbing which is as bad ! Politicians of course have bigger and more opportunities than others ..
Govt. land are for the public.NO other person can utilized this land.If any one found doing so It the duty of the Govt. to take necessary steps against them.
Simple people do it all the time - extending ones compound wall when you have a corner plot, and if no one notices build the compound wall over a rain water gutter is all land grabbing which is as bad ! Politicians of course have bigger and more opportunities than others ..
To add on....Now with the change in the land acquisition rules , where the owner has to be compensated with market rates and also provided an alternate site elsewhere, land grabbing has become very lucrative.Recently in my own city a large stretch of land was taken over for road widening and instead of the original owners getting the compensation it was the illegal occupiers who got it since they , with the blessings and help of the local MLA had got the RTCs changed in their names and the Corporation only honors Right of Transfer Certificate while giving compensation....The owners have of course gone in for a litigation against the corporation.
I wish there was a more transparent and accountable law where illegal occupation is concerned.
Is this law applicable to all the states? Even in our place, Government has been taking up lands for the expansion of National Highway. The owners were compensated with market rates but were not provided any alternative lands.
To add on....Now with the change in the land acquisition rules , where the owner has to be compensated with market rates and also provided an alternate site elsewhere, land grabbing has become very lucrative.Recently in my own city a large stretch of land was taken over for road widening and instead of the original owners getting the compensation it was the illegal occupiers who got it since they , with the blessings and help of the local MLA had got the RTCs changed in their names and the Corporation only honors Right of Transfer Certificate while giving compensation....The owners have of course gone in for a litigation against the corporation.
I wish there was a more transparent and accountable law where illegal occupation is concerned.
Is this law applicable to all the states? Even in our place, Government has been taking up lands for the expansion of National Highway. The owners were compensated with market rates but were not provided any alternative lands.
I think it is a central government ruling and about the site I am not sure, but in Karnataka they have been doing it .They give a smaller site some place far off ,but at least it is better than nothing ...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3361702.ece
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