Joint Committee of Heirok Branch Canal opposes
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, September 12 2020:
The Joint Committee of Heirok Branch Canal has denounced direct purchasing of land to lay pipeline along the Heirok Branch canal, a part of the left main canal of the Mapithel Dam (Thoubal Multipurpose Project) .
A meeting of the committee regarding the canal was held today and it has decided to oppose any bid to effect the direct purchase of land.
Contending that there has been no official order or notice for laying the pipeline under the canal construction project, the committee in a statement said that the land along the canal should not be purchased.
The affected owners of the land in connection with the construction of the canal should be compensated, it said.
If the land is directly purchased from the farmers, then in case the project is not realised, they will lose all rights to the land.
On the other hand, if compensation rules are followed, then the land may be returned to the owners in case the project is not taken up, it added.