Land scam under SEZ pretext, farmers to stage hunger-strike at Jantar Mantar

Nagpur | Monday | 15th October, 2018

Summary:

Chhindwara/Nagpur: The tribal farmers in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh are planning to stage indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The tribals are angry after finding laxity in the probe being carried out by the District Collector. They have demanded action against the District Collector, Chief Executive Officer and others. The farmers alleged 5000 acre land scam as they have lost their land to a nexus of government officials-lawyer-middlemen under the pretext of development of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Chhindwara district. Dhoble said that the farmers demanded scrapping of the SEZ project and lands of farmers to be restored to them..