Committee to resolve land tangle of Kumbhirgram Airport
SILCHAR, July 30: In order to resolve the tangle involving the acquisition of land by Indian Air Force stationed at Kumbhirgram, a meeting of all concerned was held at the initiative of the district administration of Cachar on Tuesday. The meeting held under the presidentship of the Deputy Commissioner, Gokul Mohan Hazarika, a 16 member broad based committee was formed.
The members of the committee would visit the lands in question on August 5 to be acquired by IAF and after on the spot survey would examine all the pros and cons of the controversial issue. The committee consists of two Additional Deputy Commissioners, Land Acquisition Officer, Assistant Circle Officer, representatives from the IAF and Kumbhirgram Airport, ITA president and secretary, representatives from Barak Cha Sramik Union, Manager of Kumbha Tea Estate, and Kumbha Bagan Panchayat president.
The land has to be acquired for the extension of the Kumbhirgram Airport which is under the control of IAF for its strategic location. The Airport extension needs 130 bighas of land of Scotpur Tea Estate and 200 hectares of land of Kumbhirgram Goodrick Company. The land of Goodrick Tea Company is under tea plantation. The Airport Authority has agreed to provide alternative land to Scotpur Tea Estate. This has resolved the problem in respect of Scotpur. But, since no alternative land can be provided to Goodrick Tea Company, the tangle remains and for that the 16 member committee has been formed to resolve it.
Source: The Sentinel 31.07.2013
