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Food crisis
by Surender Sharma on Apr 10, 2008 07:31 PM

It is bound to happen. Soon the effect of government sponsored land grabbing scams like SEZs will be visible to everyone. The sheer madness at which the state governments are grabbing the highly fertile land and giving to corporate houses for free is going to crush the middle class and poor people. The fertile land which was feeding the community with rice, wheat etc. is now covered with concrete. High rise structures which are fulfiling the demands of rich and famous are being eracted here and there. Look at NOIDA land deal, 95 acres land was sold out for Rs. 5000 crores. Now the BPTP will come up with corporate convention centre, hotel, shopping mall etc. where rich and spoiled brats will come and hang around whereas the landless farmer will be watching helplessly. The same land which was feeding community will now become hot bed of commercial activities. It is all madness. No one is thinking that from where the food and grains will come. Will these call centres or big housing socities will be able to feed people. The farmers are committing suicides and our agriculture minister is busy in making money at IPL. He is talking about importing wheat at US$ 500 per tonne but is not ready to raise the wheat price at home. It is all madness and unfortunately people like us have no other way to express our anger.

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