Chhattisgarh to act against findustries set up on govt land

Five industries have allegedly encroached on government land in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh for setting up unit.

"In all, 53.110 hectare of revenue land had been encroached by the industries for setting up plant," Chhattisgarh's revenue minister Dayaldas Baghel said in the state legislative assembly on Friday. He was replying to a question raised by Hridayram Rathia.

The minister said the government was taking necessary action under the land revenue code to evict the encroachment and free the government land. The process was however underway, he added.

The five industries include Visa Power Limited in Raigarh, Rameshwaram Steel and Power Limited in Gharghoda, Monnet Ispat and Power Limited, SKS Power Generation and Coal Benefication and Coal Washery Private Limited (all three in Kharsia).

Baghel said while the Visa Power Limited had encroached 43.017 hectare of land, 0.783 hectare of land was in the illegal possession of Rameshwaram Steel and Power Limited. The Coal Benefication and Coal Washery Private Limited had encroached about 2.25 hectare of land; SKS Power about seven hectares and Monnet Ispat and Power Limited 0.041 hectare, the minister added.