Navi Mumbai SEZ: Maharashtra mulls returning land to farmers

Mumbai | Friday | 23rd March, 2018

Summary:

The State Cabinet has even given a go-ahead to convert 2,140 hectares of land controlled by the Navi Mumbai SEZ Pvt. more-inMumbai: The Maharashtra government is preparing to draw curtains on the land issues surrounding the Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ), promoted by the Reliance Industries. requested the government to consider a judicial precedent from Kerala, where the land was auctioned when the SEZ didn't take off. “The government must do everything possible to adequately reimburse or return the land,” said Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunil Tatkare. The minister said 8,257 hectares of land were acquired for the project in 45 villages surrounding the airport..