Mangalore: Kudubipadav Residents Support MSEZ
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MM/SP)
Mangalore, Sep 9: The residents of Kudubipadav near Bajpe, have defended the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), saying that the MSEZ has given good packages to the displaced persons, who gave up their lands for the project.
Speaking to media persons on Tuesday September 9, the residents from this village (most of them belonging to ‘Kudubi’ community), said that they have sacrificed a total of 15.34 acres of land for MSEZ, which was acquired in the first phase. A total of 1,800 acres of land had been acquired for MSEZ in the first phase.
They have handed over the land a year ago and they have been offered good package by the MSEZ. Rs 5 lac has been given for every house, in addition to all the facilities for which they are eligible from the MSEZ, they said. "We were paid a good compensation for the loss of coconut and arecanut trees which we had grown in our lands," they added.
Ammumani, Booba Gowda, Hemavati, Annamma and others were present on the occasion.
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