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Protest against survey for IT park

KOZHIKODE: Objections have been raised against surveying the land to be acquired for a cyber park in Kozhikode.

Owners of the land that will be acquired to establish the IT park have formed an action committee to press their demands. It demanded that the survey be called off since a proper notice had not been issued to all those who would have to give up their land.

It demanded compensation at market rate for the land to be acquired for the IT park. Survey of the land needed for the park is under way at Nellicode, Kovoor and Pantheerankavu.

In a statement, it alleged that the notification issued for the survey was “inconclusive and vague” and the families to be affected had been kept in the dark about the land that would be taken away from them. The land-owners had not been issued notices before the survey started, the committee alleged.

It said “the lack of transparency about land acquisition proceedings” had given rise to suspicions that there was a planned move to deny the uneducated people residing in the region their legitimate right to express their grievances.

The committee said that the rehabilitation of all those who would be affected would not be possible. It also complained that the people residing outside the land to be acquired for the IT park would face a number of problems when the cyber park was established. So, steps should be taken for their safety, roads and drinking water requirements. The committee demanded that the survey be stopped forthwith since “sufficient notice had not been given” and warned “it would take legal action if compensation for acquired land was not given at market rates.”

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