Nov 20 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)

Smart city project irks NE village

New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





The Thaudao Students Association and about 150 villagers from a tiny village along the Manipur-Myanmar border near Moreh town have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Wednesday against illegal land acquisition for a smart city project.Haolenphai is a tribal village mainly inhabited by the Kuki tribe where about 3000 acres of land is reportedly in the process of being acquired for a commercial township as part of the government's initiative to build 100 smart cities in India. The villagers however claim that selling or giving away land is against their custom and would mean loss of livelihood for the villagers.
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