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Maharashtra axes four SEZs after local opposition
Tuesday July 31, 2012 08:59:35 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Stiff
opposition from local communities and changed economic scenario in
the country has resulted in axing four proposed Special Economic
Zones (SEZ) in different parts of Maharashtra, Industry Minister
Narayan Rane said Monday.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting of the Maharashtra
Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), presided over by Rane.
Rane admitted that the SEZ were facing strong opposition from the
local communities and farmers in all the areas and hence it was
decided to scrap them.
The SEZs - two in Pune and one in Raigad and Aurangabad each -
were among the 238 proposed in Maharashtra and were expected to
boost development and employment opportunities by pumping in huge
investments in the projects.
They were to be set up by mega-corporates like Videocon Realty &
Infrastructure Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Group and IndiaBulls
Infrastructure Ltd.
MIDC Chief Executive Officer B. Gagrani said that the SEZs were
proposed as per central directivse and memorandum of understanding
was signed with the private partners with MIDC acting as a
facilitator.
"Signed in 2007-2008, the MoUs were valid for three years with an
extension. Now, the companies are not interested in the projects,
so the MoUs have been cancelled," Gagrani told IANS.
He added that since not a single inch of land was acquired for
these projects, there was no question of any potential losses by
way of investments or employment opportunities.
While the IndiaBulls Infrastructure Ltd's SEZ was planned on 1,936
hectares in Raigad, Mahindra & Mahindra SEZ was proposed on around
3,000 hectares in Maval area of Pune.
Videocon Realty & Infrastructure Ltd was planning a SEZ at
Aurangabad and at Wagholi, Pune.
Rane added that locals, especially the farming community had been
strongly opposed to these SEZs as many of these lands were under
irrigation.
Now, the MIDC has adopted a policy whereby no irrigation land
shall be acquired for industrial purposes, he said.
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