Friday, November 27, 2009

Mart to lease more land

The Mart is to lease out 200 acres of land for an eco-park, according to The Hindustan Times in its Friday Nov 27 issue. The dos and don'ts have to be worked out. This is being done to stave off attempts to grab land. There are well-known grabbers some of whom are in one way or another connected with the government or a political party.
One of the important points of the agreement is that the government agency undertaking the work will not put up any concrete (permanent) structure. Mr Elton De Souza, was quoted in the report.
To clarify the 'more land' the report mentioned what lots of people don't know and that is that the Lucknow Zoo uses some Mart land.
A few years ago there was a government plan to shift the zoo and use the land for buildings. There were protests and the plan shelved.

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