In Maharashtra, story of 3,500 hectares of farm land acquisition has a happy ending.

As the debate over the government's land ordinance becomes sharper inside and outside Parliament, here’s an example of a win-win acquisition.

Maharashtra, the home state of Anna Hazare, who was in Delhi protesting the ordinance last week, has acquired, with little more than a whimper of opposition, over 3,500 hectares of farm land near Aurangabad - the biggest land acquisition of its kind since the UPA's original law came into effect 15 months ago.

Over 3,000 farmers have given up their land to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for the Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park on the Maharashtra side of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).


THE INDIAN EXPRESS