True, totally agree my views resonate fully with your's. Sadly the people involved in the OP are leaseholder farmers, who were having a field day thanks to under development and when government had shown interest in what they own, it cuts off their Roz ki roti, such matters need to be dealt with in a much sensitive way, government can't suddenly go ruthless.
For instance the piece of land my parents house was built was an encroachment of temple lands being taken on agricultural lease and is being sold to individuals like my parents. The dispute has been ongoing in the court and still the properties around have been changing hands(we're not alone, there's about several such colonies around us, spanning across 100s of acres) but if government suddenly bulldoze the entire lot one fine day, they'll invite our wrath even for the development of city. Because many of the neighbouring colonies are daily labourers who made an abode with a lot of difficulty and it gets seven more difficult when there's agricultural land involved. It's sadly an inevitably painful process for both parties involved because people are used to living with inactive stagnant governments where having new road or having a toilet is a 5 year long term plan of government. In many other countries these were all planned into development of a community and we can't imagine encroaching upon an extra piece of land. Where I live right now we need planning permission from the council for any external modification relating to appearance of my house, also even an extra power point installation within requires an approval as well, because the council should have a record of all the electric connection details for health and safety.
To conclude development is good but developmental projects need sensitive approach when poor people and their living is involved. After all what's Ayodhya without Ayodhyawasis. Ram bhi Raja Bana only due to his people.
Originally posted by: Kyahikahoon
I wanted to write this yesterday but refrained.
I have first hand experience of seeing how land acquisition is so time taking..and it just forces people to put up with filth and chaos till things get done. There is a road widening project going on near my home. In demand since years since its a major connecting road. But its so narrow that even two cars cannot cross eachother easily. Widening was in demand since ages. But government faces so many problems in acquiring land. Had to pay huge compensation for even illegal constructions. This when there were many empty plots and majority of houses were abandoned. Finally after paying huge sums some owners relented. But can u believe it..have seen workers doing demolition with a hammer at some places. No bulldozers. Imagine the time it will take. And its hardly a 1 km stretch. Even after 6 months of work getting started its still chaotic.
Now imagine a temple attracting lakhs of devotees daily. Without proper space n infra how inconvenient it would be for both devotees and local people. Devotees would pray and leave but locals have to live with that chaos. Agreed their loss is real and their anger is justified. But voting on basis of that is shortsightedness. We know why the process had to be quick and we hope they receive good compensation.
And we just need to look at the plight of Bengaluru to understand how unplanned growth can create problems. The city just mushroomed and now cant handle the weight of its own growth
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