Kaleshwaram: EAC asks Telangana to compensate farmers under 2013 Land Acquisition Act

The Expert Appraisal Committee of union environment ministry has directed Telangana to compensate the farmers under the Land Acquisition Act 2013, in a major relief and success to lakhs of farmers opposing coercive land acquisition and seeking fair compensation.

The EAC made these directives while according conditional nod to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government’s ambitious Rs 80,000 crore Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project.

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Courtesy: The Economic Times