Farmers stage protest opposing land acquisition for Reliance Data Center
Farmers in Vizianagaram district are protesting against the government's plan to acquire 800 acres of land for a new Reliance Data Center. The protesters have boycotted official meetings and are seeking legal intervention through the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between industrial development projects and land rights for local agricultural communities in India.
Several farmers in Vizianagaram district taken a unique step to stage protest against the land acquisition for Reliance Data Center, which needs around 850 acres of land in Bhogapuram mandal of Vizianagaram district. They have been staging the protest for the last couple of days by standing in front of the mandal parishad officer by removing their shirts.
Currently, the government has around 50 acres of land and it needed to acquire 800 acres of land for the project. A few farmers had already approched AP High Court.
They boycotted a meeting organised by Bhogapuram Mandal Development Officer D.Swarupa Rani on Friday.
‘Around 250 acres come under assigned land category. The farmers cannot sell them to private parties. But the government can resume them after paying compensation to them’ said a senior official.
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