VD Leju Bats for Enhanced Compensation for Tsunami Victim Farmers; Calls for Returning of Surrendered Land to Farmers

Tarun Karthick

Campbell Bay, 25 January 2023

Mrs. VD Leju, Prominent Social Worker and LG Commendation Certificate Awardee has just lately written a letter to the President of India, Prime Minister of India, Home Minister, Defence Minister and Minister of Rural Development requesting them to offer enhanced compensation of Rs. 33.75 Lakhs/Hectare of Land to the Tsunami Affected Farmers.

Mrs. VD Leju additionally demanded that the land surrendered by the farmers in lieu of compensation must be returned again to them.

In her letter, Mrs. VD Leju knowledgeable the dignitaries that the grievances of the farmers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have remained the identical ever for the reason that Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004. She talked about that though it’s the ninth 12 months of the BJP-led Central Govt., however the Tsunami Victim Farmers are nonetheless working from pillar to put up. 

She additional knowledgeable the dignitaries that on the 18th of May 2012, the then Member of Parliament, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray met the then Prime Minister of India, Mr. Manmohan Singh with 11 Tsunami Victim Farmers to apprise him of their grievances. Mrs. Leju added that other than foul guarantees and imprecise assurances the Tsunami Affected farmers have acquired nothing.

She additionally talked about the go to of Mr. Nitin Gadkari to Bambooflat in 2015 after he turned the Union Minster of Shipping and Transport in Modi 1.0 Govt. A public assembly was held through the go to of Mr. Nitin Gadkari and he had stated within the public assembly that the problems of the Tsunami Victim Farmers can be resolved with none additional delay, however sadly, the problem stays unresolved.

Mrs. Leju elaborated on the problems of the Tsunami Victim Farmers. She has questioned the pre-condition that had been imposed for launch of compensation by the Govt.

The Govt. of the time had imposed the pre-condition that the affected land can be surrendered to the Govt. by the sufferer farmer for them to be eligible for receiving the compensation.

Mrs. Leju termed the pre-condition for availing compensation as ‘forcible accusation of one’s property within the disguise of compensation’. She questioned whether or not ‘Govt. takes away the gutted shop in a fire accident in lieu of providing compensation to the victim?’. 

She knowledgeable the dignitaries that the households of the Tsunami Victim Farmers are struggling and the advice of the Vivek Rae Committee must be applied instantly.