The Chhattisgarh government on Saturday decided to conduct a survey of land for resettlement and allocation of shops through lottery and correction of errors in land records of Nava Raipur Atal Nagar.

A decision was arrived at after a three-hour meeting with a delegation of Kisan Kalyan Samiti and a committee chaired by Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Ravindra Choubey at his official residence here.

Cabinet ministers Mohammed Akbar, Dr Shiv Kumar Dahariya, Abhanpur MLA Dhanendra Sahu and senior officers were also present.

The new capital city project affected the farmers of 27 villages who have been agitating for the last one month. At an earlier meeting, the farmers did not participate.

As per the consensus, a Kisan Kalyan Samiti delegation and related village panchayat Sarpanch under the Raipur district Collector will conduct a survey of land for resettlement of farmers affected by Nava Raipur Atal Nagar.

The shops being constructed in Nava Raipur will be allocated to farmers affected by the new capital city project through a lottery system. The farmers’ brought to notice the errors in land records and its rectification, which will undergo verification.

After the meeting, Minister Choubey told the media that there has been a meaningful discussion with the farmers' delegation about the difference in economic compensation and all other issues.

The farmers’ have to take the decision to end the agitation. He said the farmers’ displeasure is with the earlier BJP government.

Meanwhile, farmers' leader Rupan Lal Chandrakar said the agitation will continue till all the demands were met.