<p class="title">Bhoomalikara Horata Samiti NH 169 has demanded fair compensation for those surrendering land for the four-laning of the NH 169 project (from Mangaluru-Moodbidri-Karkala).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samithi president Mariamma Thomas told reporters at Patrika Bhavan on Friday that officials had passed a notification to acquire 13,74,559.82 square metres of land in Sanoor, Beluvai, Padumarnad, Tenka Mijar, Badaga Edapadavu, Badaga Ulipady, Mooduperar, Kandavara, Muloor, Tiruvail and Kudupu villages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the market value of one square metre of land in Padavu was Rs 23,000, the officials had fixed a rate of Rs 1,850 per square metre, she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Tenka Mijar, compensation for agricultural land per cent was Rs 26,500 and Rs 2.60 lakh per cent for converted land. In Tiruvail, it was Rs 1 lakh for one cent agricultural land and Rs 6.98 lakh per cent for converted land. Thus, 230 land losers had succeeded in getting a stay against the acquisition process from High Court. Officials from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) are yet to file objections for the stay order in court, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mariamma alleged that officials had changed alignment for road work to benefit some influential persons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The landowners are not against the road work, she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We witness traffic congestion daily on the road and thus the road should be widened. But, if we received meagre compensation, where should we go?” she asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samiti member Brijesh Shetty said that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s claim that over 65% of the land being acquired for the project was far from true. Only 15% of the converted land was acquired so far.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Samiti alleged that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had remained silent on the injustice meted out to them.</p>.<p><strong>GST on compensation for land losers?</strong></p>.<p>Bhoomalikara Samiti president Mariamma Thomas said that owing to the special land acquisition officer’s faulty interpretation, 12% GST is being collected from landowners who received compensation.</p>.<p>“There is no scope for collecting GST from compensation paid to land losers,” she stressed.</p>
<p class="title">Bhoomalikara Horata Samiti NH 169 has demanded fair compensation for those surrendering land for the four-laning of the NH 169 project (from Mangaluru-Moodbidri-Karkala).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samithi president Mariamma Thomas told reporters at Patrika Bhavan on Friday that officials had passed a notification to acquire 13,74,559.82 square metres of land in Sanoor, Beluvai, Padumarnad, Tenka Mijar, Badaga Edapadavu, Badaga Ulipady, Mooduperar, Kandavara, Muloor, Tiruvail and Kudupu villages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the market value of one square metre of land in Padavu was Rs 23,000, the officials had fixed a rate of Rs 1,850 per square metre, she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Tenka Mijar, compensation for agricultural land per cent was Rs 26,500 and Rs 2.60 lakh per cent for converted land. In Tiruvail, it was Rs 1 lakh for one cent agricultural land and Rs 6.98 lakh per cent for converted land. Thus, 230 land losers had succeeded in getting a stay against the acquisition process from High Court. Officials from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) are yet to file objections for the stay order in court, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mariamma alleged that officials had changed alignment for road work to benefit some influential persons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The landowners are not against the road work, she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We witness traffic congestion daily on the road and thus the road should be widened. But, if we received meagre compensation, where should we go?” she asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samiti member Brijesh Shetty said that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s claim that over 65% of the land being acquired for the project was far from true. Only 15% of the converted land was acquired so far.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Samiti alleged that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had remained silent on the injustice meted out to them.</p>.<p><strong>GST on compensation for land losers?</strong></p>.<p>Bhoomalikara Samiti president Mariamma Thomas said that owing to the special land acquisition officer’s faulty interpretation, 12% GST is being collected from landowners who received compensation.</p>.<p>“There is no scope for collecting GST from compensation paid to land losers,” she stressed.</p>