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SEZs or brick kilns, it's the land that's losing out [1]

If the results of the recently concluded panchayat elections are anything to go by, the issue of conversion of farmland into industrial plots will continue to make or mar political fortunes in the state in the years to come. Strangely enough, brick kilns are destroying vast quantity of fertile soil every year in North 24-Parganas even as people of Singur and Nandigram have showed their avid dislike for those who tried to grab their land.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2008
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Land [3], Land Resources [4], Agriculture [5], Special Economic Zones (SEZ) [6], Political Parties [7], Panchayats [8], 24 Parganas (S) [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/statesman-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/special-economic-zones-sez
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/political-parties
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/24-parganas-s