Summary:
They then paid them very meagre compensation as per old Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Acquisition under the new Land Acquisition Act can bring four times the market price for their farms.The oustees who have been still holding out were covered under the colonial era land acquisition laws, under which the compensation did not go beyond Rs50,000 an acre. They want even the holdings not covered under the acquisition plan to be taken over.This village is also engulfed by the dam waters from three sides. A large part of agricultural land and the homesteads had been spared, but living here is no better than displacement. Bawankule had announced there are plans acquire land for proposed solar power projects..