1) TATA has planned to acquire around 16000 acres of land in Tirunelveli & Tuticorin districts 2) Govt is forcing to acquire this land from farmers in order to sell to TATA 3) Govt says that these farmers will get job after Titanium Di Oxide plant is established here 4) Govt says that illegal mining is done here & they want to stop it
Controversies
1) More than 18000 farmers are affected due to this accusation 2) It is upto the farmers to decide whether he should sell or not to sell his land. But now, they are forced to 3) The deal should be directly with TATA and farmers. Why is govt acting as middle man to get the land at very low rate 4) Most of the area is fertile land. 5) If TATA sets up the plant, it would need more chemical engineers where as those people giving out the land are only farmer and they will surely not get the job 6) Even if they get the job, TATA has planned only for around 4000 people. What will happen to rest 14000 people. 7) These owners of the land will become office boys, peon etc 8) Market value of the land is Rs 1.16 lakhs per acre where as TATA is ready to pay only Rs 52,000 per acre.
