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Punjab reaches pact with farmers

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has arrived into an agreement with the Trident Group and the agitating farmers over acquisition of land for commercial use.

The issue was resolved at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and attended by representatives of the Trident Group and the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) here on Friday, an official spokesman said on Sunday. The Trident Group has agreed to pay a 70 per cent hike over the original compensation amount announced during the regime of the previous government.

As a result, the company would pay an additional Rs.19.5 crore to the affected farmers.

On its part the government, had withdrawn all Trident- related cases against the agitating farmers. The families of the three farmers who died during the agitation had been paid Rs.5 lakh each and one dependent from each family had been given a job. Besides, each of the injured would be given Rs.25,000 as compensation.

Mr. Badal has ordered a complete waiver of the registration fee and stamp duty on the land that the farmers purchase in the State within two years with the money they receive as compensation. — PTI

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