Protest Against SEZ Becomes Huge in Gurgaon

The confrontations against development of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) along the KMP Expressway to come up at the place of village land for industrial zones are getting fiercer day by day. Farmers have decided to block all roads leading to Gurgaon on May 13 to make their concerns heard.

A large number of families will out protest rally against the state government and private companies’ decision to acquire village land. All farmers would spread out to different entry points of Gurgaon and will not allow traffic to enter from neighboring districts.
The farmers will also submit a memorandum to the Gurgaon District Magistrate on May 13, announces Braham Parkash, the president of Kisan Majdoor Krishi Bhumi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti.

About 1,000 people from 24 villages attended a meeting arranged in Garoli Village and raised slogans criticizing the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) regarding their shift to acquire land for institutional and industrial zones.

HSIIDC had issued notices to farmers on seven villages on either side of the proposed 135-km KMP Expressway for acquisition of 3,700 acres. “Now, the state government wants to pursue its own plans of taking up the development of a Global Corridor on our lands. We have been ploughing the land for generations. Why we should give it to them against our wish, says a farmer.”