From Our Correspondent
UMROI: In yet another apparent setback to the State Government, the land owners along with the Seng Samla Umden Pyllun on Tuesday evening unanimously decided to serve a final deadline to the government to release their land compensation package within the end of this month, which had been pending for more than two or three years.
It may be mentioned that the State Government, through the Airports Authority of India (AAI), had taken the land of over 200 people residing in Umroi for the expansion of the Airport.
The total amount for the compensation to the land owners to be paid by the government is worth Rs 11.44 crore.
Seng Samla Umden Pyllun president G Pyrtuh and Umden Mission Rangbah Shnong D Nongdhar, while talking to The Shillong Times, said, “We the land owners have been waiting for long to get compensation for our land which we had given to the government for the purpose of expansion of the Umroi Airport but it has been two or three years and the government has not paid any heed to our demand.
“We stand united and again serve the final deadline to the State Government to release the compensation within the end of this month,” they said, while threatening to take back their land and start cultivation or construct houses if the compensation is not paid by April end.
As per information provided by reliable sources, the Airports Authority of India has already released land compensation packages to land owners, but the Government has been delaying payment to the land owners for reasons best known to the department concerned.
The move will delay the proposed expansion work.