COMPENSATION COMMOTION: CASH OR RESETTLEMENT?
Written by M.B. Subba, Gelephu
Mar 06, 2009: Should the confirmation on the establishment of an airport in Gelephu made by the minister of information and communications, Lyonpo Nandalal Rai, materializes, land acquisition at the Gelephu airport site is likely to begin soon. However, the acquisition may suffer hitches with most of the landowners demanding land compensation at the current market price.
The minister earlier had said that the project would begin in a few months. Most of the landowners whose land will be acquired by the project told BHUTAN TODAY that they prefer compensation in cash at the current market price. A farmer, Karma Thinley, said that the government compensation was not attractive as the value of land in Gelephu has escalated.
Resettlement is another option. However, landowners say that the plots elsewhere would not be as worthy compared to their land in the vicinity of the project. “If we are given a plot else where, it won’t be worth my land here,” said Karna, a landowner who owns three acres of land in Ghuprey.
However, for some farmers whose land fall in the proposed airport site, compensation in cash is not the solution. “We want arable land when we move from here,” said a farmer of Ghuprey.
The market rate of land at the airport site has shot up in the recent times. It has reached more than Nu 25,000 a decimal.
A civil servant who purchased land at Jomlingthang five years ago at Nu 8000 for a decimal is happy with the increase in the price, but is uncertain about the government’s compensation scheme.
“I am fine if the government compensates me at the current market price but I will not be satisfied if I am given alternative land outside Gelephu,” he said.
According to the ministry, compensating the landowners at the market price will cause a huge dent to the government exchequer. The minister earlier said that people have two choices: either to accept cash or be resettled as compensation.
Sarpang dzongda suggested that Mao Goan and Tarithang are possible areas for resettling the project-affected families.
Source: Bhutan Today
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