In a major leap towards the execution of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), railways have signed a loan agreement of about Rs 20,000 crore with Japan for its western corridor.
The project appraisal for the two routes comprising Vadodara to Jawharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and Rewari to Dadri in the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor was signed between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Railways, said a senior official of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC).
The Western DFC of 1,499 km will be from JNPT in Mumbai to Tughlakbad and Dadri near Delhi and cater to the container transport requirement between the existing and emerging ports in western India and northern hinterland.
The proposed funding is under Special Terms of Economic Participation (STEP) between Japan and India. The value of the proposed loan is JPY 295 billion (about Rs 20,000 crore), which is a soft loan with the repayment period of 40 years.
With this loan, funding of the entire Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Delhi to Mumbai is being taken care of and now the focus will be for speedy execution of the project, said the official.
As far as land acquisition for the Western DFC is concerned, out of total 3,608 hectares required in phase-I, 3,186 hectares has been acquired. For the phase II, out of total 2,252 hectares required, 1,041 hectares have been acquired.
Remaining land is expected to be acquired during the current financial year, said the official.
Country head of JICA Shinya Ejima,, Advisor (Infrastructure) Railway Board Girish Pillai and Managing Director DFCC RK Gupta were present at the signing of the loan agreement with Japan last week.
Keywords: Dedicated Freight Corridor, Japan loan for Railways dedicated freight corridor, Vadodara to Jawharlal Nehru Port, Rewari to Dadri in the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, Japan International Cooperation Agency, NPT in Mumbai to Tughlakbad and Dadri near Delhi, Special Terms of Economic Participation
Comments:
Please read thoroughly & give justice to farmers. Valsad farmers are
already cheated & made fool by DFC, Valsad Local Authority &
JICA Survey Team.
All farmers are disappointed with rate declared by DFC. Please understand pain of farmers & all land belongs to them since long before 1947 . How they declared low rate for them. Pls focus this matter in your speech & give justice to all farmers who are going to lose their agriculture land as Golden Land.
I would like to discuss one case
study of Valsad farmer those are going to lose their agriculture land in
Dedicated Freight Corridor with cheapest rate in Valsad District. However
in Bilimora town which is very near to Valsad Distict
their Bilimora farmers have received appropriate amount so why
are big gap between two cities. Two years back Bilimora was the part of Valsad
Dist & joined with Navsari Dist after Navsari is declared Dist.
I describe as below.
I Shailesh Desai, son of
farmer Harshadrai Desai ,staying at Haria Village, Valsad Dist.
Pin 390620,Gujarat State.
This is for your information &
doing to needful & helping to Valsad Dist. farmers.
Our agriculture land valuation id
done by local authority & put rate 36.26 Rs per sq meter (thirty
six rupees & twenty six paisa only).It is totally INJUSTICE & not acceptable
to farmers. However in last year ( 11 Oct. 2011) they have given rate
2600.00 Rs per sq. meter ( two thousand six hundreds rupees
only) to Bilimora Town farmers. & more or equivalent rate given
to Surat Dist.
It is totally injustice
to Valsad farmers. We are going to lose our golden property as
agriculture land. We are against this rate & protest this valuation.
We decided to not accept this rate 36.26 Rs per sq. meter for Valsad
Dist.
Where dedicated freight Corridor
& JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) declared
that rate will be given as RAA 2008 act (Railway Amendment Act) on
market price .Local authority has applied old act. Why they have not
applied market rate for Valsad Dist & applied for Bilimora Dist.
Why too much gap between Valsad
& Bilimora town where Bilimora is very near to Valsad.
I heard that too much corruption
took place at various places like Bilimora & Surat Dist.
Why should we give our Golden
agriculture land at cheapest rate.
Valsad Dist. authority, JICA
& Dedicated Freight Corridor team want to recover amount which
distributed in Bilimora & surat in year 2011. This totally
injustice to Valsad farmers.
I request you to take this as case
study & give justice to Valsad farmers. I have full trust in our laws.
Please do as earliest because Valsad authority is going to acquire
land shortly.
Sir, even Valsad Local Authority (Retired shri Collector) did not reply of our
number of application given for objection. They are trying to acquire land by power
& without answers. Our Agriculture land (mango & chikoo farm) price in
my village-Haria ( Survey No 376 & 377) is about 1500-1700 Rs per Sq Meter.
Here i am not going to sell willingly my agriculture land to Dedicated Freight
Corridor that's why they have to give more or appropriate rate. If i would sell
my agriculture land willingly than 1500-1700 Rs per sq meter would be
reasonable & give me happiness. But here i am going to give my land by
force & this land with me since 1947 (before that).
Bilimora farmer is going to sell their mango at rate 900 Rs per 20 kg &
while i m going to sell my mango to same place with same amount 900 Rs per 20
kg. Merchant is applying same rate for Valsad (Haria village) Bilimora. He
never say i m giving you 200 Rs per Kg & you are coming from Haria Valsad
not Bilimora.
Pls help me in this matter & give solution. Some persons advised us that
take money whatever announced by DFC & file a case against DFC & you
people will win definitely. Than i argued why should we go for arbitrators? It
is waste of everybody time. Why they will declared amount after case. It will
better to give reasonable rate right now & avoid waste of time of court
& farmers & so many peoples who are involved. Some of the
advocates met us & they demanded 20 % fees after winning case & he has
full confident for victory & also saying within 8 months ( max) you will
get reasonable or unbelievable amount.
Today you are going to purchase land/bungalow/flat at market price in any
where in India & register with low amount. But actually you are paid market price than how could you put rate from register noted.
I would also like to know the rate putting for Gujarat Government land
& why too much different? Our country is known as Agriculture
Country ( Kheti Pradhan Desh) & injustice to farmer.
Dedicated Freight Corridor will earned money after every second after
commercialization. DFC should declared sufficient amount, today we are
going to purchase handkerchief price is 50 Rs per piece & you are
giving agriculture land price 36.26 Rs per Sq Meter.DFC is making fool to farmer & cheating with farmers.
SO PLEASE I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO HANDLE THIS CASE & HOLD THIS MATTER AT
VALSAD ZONE & GIVE JUSTICE TO FARMERS. THIS IS NOT COMPLAINTS BUT REQUEST
TO YOU.
Yours Faithfully,
Shailesh Desai
Son of farmer Harshadrai Desai.
Mob : 09099303383
Land : 02632-240002 & 233077
email id : drshaileshdesai
@yahoo.com.
Postal Address :
Shailesh H Desai
Harshadrai C Desai
At & Post : Haria
Via : Atul
Dist Valsad -396020
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