45 Villages, 25,000 Acres Land Acquistion for Maha Mumbai SEZ in Trouble

All the 45 Villages identified by Mukesh Ambani's Maha Mumbai SEZ have turned down the Relief & Rehabilitation package.

What's on Offer ?
Mere Rs 10 Lakh / Acre for cultivable land.
Rs 5 Lakh / Acre for unproductive land
12.5% of the developed land to Association / Company / Co-operative formed by the people of these affected Lands.

The market price per acre of each od these lands is more than 10 times what Mukesh has offered and hence this stiff resistance. Mr. Sudhakar Patil, resident of one of the villages said,

We will not surrender our land. The SEZ is nothing but a land grabbing exercise. The company claims that it is for our benefit but we don't need any help from them. There are many ancillary activities such as fishing, salt farming, manual sand dredging which will come to an halt and affect the livelihood our livelihood.

The villagers have reported the matter to Maharashtra Chief Minsiter but are skeptical of any help because they suspect foul play from the CMs office.

Former, High Court Judge, B G Kolse Patil, a leading activist of anti-SEZ campaign has questioned the rationale behind the government's decision.