Along with Maruti, 4,000 SMEs asked to fork out more for land in Haryana
Updated: Jul 25, 2013 04:11:32pm
From Swati Dayal
Manesar, July 25 (KNN) It is not only Maruti Suzuki which is facing the threat of paying additional compensation of Rs 500 crore for its 600 acre plot, about 4000 small and medium enterprises, located at Manesar near Gurgaon will have to bear a huge cost in case they are made to fork out enhanced rates for the land acquired years ago.
The units located at Manesar are being made to pay enhanced rate of land years after allotment. Several of the units have already come up on the land allotted earlier.
According to Manesar Industries Welfare Association (MIWA), General Secretary, Manmohan Gaind, Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) bought land from farmers at only Rs 4.13 lakh per acre but sold the same at an exorbitant rate of Rs 60 lakh per acre.
Farmers had approached the court seeking enhancement of the compensation for their land on which the Manesar industrial area had come up.
While, the HSIIDC had sold land to industry at Rs 60 lakh per acre, its development cost including compensation to farmers did not exceed Rs 36 lakh per acre, giving it a huge profit of Rs 24 lakh per acre, said Gaind.
But, the HSIIDC now wants the industrial units to bear the cost for additional compensation to be paid to farmers as per the direction of the Supreme Court in the case of 1749 acres in Phase I.
“Ninety five per cent of the units in Manesar belong to MSME sector. In case they foot their exorbitant bill in the form of enhancement they (MSME Industrial Units) would reach at the verge of closure,” he added.
For Phase II and III, the issue has been reverted back by the Supreme Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court while the case relating to 1100 acres in Phase IV is still pending in the High Court.
He said, “In the disguise of industrial development, HSIIDC is “robbing” farmers on the one side and are playing fraud with the industrialists to earn extra ordinary profit from industry and employers.”
“A similar problem is being faced by industry at other cities like Rohtak, Bawal, Sonepat, Hisar and Bahadurgarh. The economic feasibility of running business here is getting tougher,” said Arun Gupta, who runs a small garment manufacturing unit at Industrial Model Township (IMT).
HSIIDC, which is the IMT promoter, had acquired land at the rate of Rs 4.13 lakh per acre in 1997 for the development of phases II, III and IV of the township. This compensation was later raised to about Rs 37 crore by the Punjab and Haryana High Court after a petition by the landowners.
There are 3600 units located in Manesar providing employment to nearly 50,000 people besides giving economic benefits to the villagers around the 3500 acres township. (KNN)
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Manesar, July 25 (KNN) It is not only Maruti Suzuki which is facing the threat of paying additional compensation of Rs 500 crore for its 600 acre plot, about 4000 small and medium enterprises, located at Manesar near Gurgaon will have to bear a huge cost in case they are made to fork out enhanced rates for the land acquired years ago.
The units located at Manesar are being made to pay enhanced rate of land years after allotment. Several of the units have already come up on the land allotted earlier.
According to Manesar Industries Welfare Association (MIWA), General Secretary, Manmohan Gaind, Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) bought land from farmers at only Rs 4.13 lakh per acre but sold the same at an exorbitant rate of Rs 60 lakh per acre.
Farmers had approached the court seeking enhancement of the compensation for their land on which the Manesar industrial area had come up.
While, the HSIIDC had sold land to industry at Rs 60 lakh per acre, its development cost including compensation to farmers did not exceed Rs 36 lakh per acre, giving it a huge profit of Rs 24 lakh per acre, said Gaind.
But, the HSIIDC now wants the industrial units to bear the cost for additional compensation to be paid to farmers as per the direction of the Supreme Court in the case of 1749 acres in Phase I.
“Ninety five per cent of the units in Manesar belong to MSME sector. In case they foot their exorbitant bill in the form of enhancement they (MSME Industrial Units) would reach at the verge of closure,” he added.
For Phase II and III, the issue has been reverted back by the Supreme Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court while the case relating to 1100 acres in Phase IV is still pending in the High Court.
He said, “In the disguise of industrial development, HSIIDC is “robbing” farmers on the one side and are playing fraud with the industrialists to earn extra ordinary profit from industry and employers.”
“A similar problem is being faced by industry at other cities like Rohtak, Bawal, Sonepat, Hisar and Bahadurgarh. The economic feasibility of running business here is getting tougher,” said Arun Gupta, who runs a small garment manufacturing unit at Industrial Model Township (IMT).
HSIIDC, which is the IMT promoter, had acquired land at the rate of Rs 4.13 lakh per acre in 1997 for the development of phases II, III and IV of the township. This compensation was later raised to about Rs 37 crore by the Punjab and Haryana High Court after a petition by the landowners.
There are 3600 units located in Manesar providing employment to nearly 50,000 people besides giving economic benefits to the villagers around the 3500 acres township. (KNN)
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