Acquired land for ‘misti hub’ in Burdwan to be returned back

to farmers Burdwan (WB), Sep 1 (PTI) One day after the landmarkSupreme Court ruling on Singur in Hooghly district, theBurdwan district administration today decided returning back10.5 acres of land, acquired for setting up a ‘misti hub'(traditional sweet hub), to unwilling farmers at Alisa mouzain the district. A senior district official said after farmersdissented the setting up of boundary wall along the land, theSDPO, ADM and other officials came to the spot today and heldtalks with the farmers, even as personnel of RAF and policeforce were deployed at a distance. The land had been acquired by the previous Left Frontgovernment in 2007 for some project and the TMC governmentrecently decided to set up a ‘misti hub’ here. As the farmers refused to budge from their stand, theChief Minister’s Office (CMO) was contacted in Kolkata andafter parleys the administration was asked by the CMO tocommunicate to the farmers their lands will be given back, theofficial said. "We are happy with the government’s decision. ThisMamata Banerjee government thinks about the common man andfarmers," a farmer Sanatan Kar said. The district official said while the plots of landwill be given back in due process following the norms, theadministration will be scouting for new vacant spaces for theproposed misti hub including improving wastelands. PTI COR SUSSUS