| Maharashtra to go ahead with SEZ land buys |
| BS Reporter / Mumbai January 03, 2007 |
| The proposal of Maharashtra cabinet minister Patangrao Kadam, the chairman of a cabinet sub-committee to decide upon rehabilitation package, to stop the land acquisition proceedings for the Reliance-promoted Mahamumbai SEZ and other SEZs was shot down by the committee. After the row over land acquisition for SEZs, the state government had appointed a sub committee to formulate a policy and decide upon the compensation package for SEZs in the state under chairmanship of Kadam. The committee members include finance minister Jayant Patil, water resource minister Ajit Pawar, industry minister Ashok Chavan, revenue minister Naryan Rane, exise minister Ganesh Naik and civil supplies minister Sunil Tatkare. Out of seven members of the committee, only three were present at the meeting today. The committee members present at the meeting including Tatkare, Naik and some senior secretaries of the state government shot down Kadam |
