The Fatehabad district administration has urged the farmers of village Gorakhpur to evacuate the land which has been acquired for setting up of a Nuclear Power Plant so that the scientists could carry out their survey work smoothly.
Presiding over a meeting with farmers of village Gorakhpur, officers of Nuclear Power Corporation of India limited (NPCIl) and of District Administration on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner, Fatehabad, Dr. Saket Kumar said that scientists of NPCIl would start the survey work on the rest of 28 acres of acquired land from December 5 for setting up of the Nuclear Power Plant.
Apart from this, compliance of Section 4 and 6 for land Acquisition would also be ensured. He said that the compensation for land acquisition, houses, tube wells and trees has already been given to farmers.
Urging the farmers for their cooperation in survey work, the Deputy Commissioner said that farmers have not received their compensation for the left out 28 acres of land and such farmers could collect their compensation from the Revenue Office. He assured the farmers their right for compensation amount were secure and compensation would be given as per directions of the Government.
The DC said that a number of technical surveys would be conducted on this acquired land. Urging the farmers to maintain peace and to cooperate with scientists, Dr. Saket said that with the setting up of this nuclear power plant, youth would get employment opportunities and new industries would come up.
Kumar said that a total of 1,503 acres of land has been acquired for setting up this nuclear power plant and about Rs 23,502 crore would be spent. As many as four units of 700 Mega Watts each would be set up.