Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey on Friday informed the State Assembly that the compensation given for land acquisition made for the proposed NTPC Thermal Power project at lara in Raigarh district had been done strictly in accordance with the State’s rehabilitation and compensation policy.
He was replying to leader of Opposition TS Singhdeo, who, during the Question Hour had demanded from the Government to initiate an investigation into the matter.
Singhdeo said that the land owners had divided the land into small parts and transferred them into the names of their family members and relatives to get maximum benefit of the compensation which according to NTPC terms and conditions is `5 lakh for land measuring less than one hectare.
To this, Pandey said that the compensation has been given according to the Chhattisgarh Government’s policy and not according to NTPC’s compensation policy. Singhdeo said that if no action was taken, the issue would be taken up in the next session of the Assembly.
Thereafter, the proceedings of the Assembly were suspended till 2.30 pm for the oath taking ceremony of the Governor.
later, when the House assembled again, the Chief Minister presented the report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on general, social, and economic (non PSUs) sectors. This was the first report of the State for 2014.
After the presentation of the report, Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal adjourned the Assembly sine die.