The crorepati landowners of a single Aruchal hamlet

*    Key location plan units of Tawang Garrison across 200.056 acres of land

*    A family got more than Rs 2.44 crore as  compensation while another received a whopping amount of over Rs 6.73 crore

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT

ITAGAR, Feb 8: A hamlet in Aruchal Pradesh has now become one of the richest villages in Asia, thanks to payments released towards land acquisition in the area by the Union Ministry of Defence.

The Ministry has reportedly released payment worth Rs 40, 80, 38, 400.

The payment was made by the Defence Ministry to as many as 31 households in the Bomja village as payment towards acquisition of 200.056 acres of land.

Almost all the households that received the payment became crorepatis following the development. While one family got more than Rs 2.44 crore as the compensation for land, another received a whopping amount of over Rs 6.73 crore.

Among the 31 families, 29 were paid as much as Rs 1,09,03,813.37 each as payments towards land acquisition. This makes Bomja probably the only village to have all families that are crorepati.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday distributed the compensation to the people of Bomja village whose lands were acquired by the Indian Army.

Distributing land compensation cheques to 31 landowners at a development meeting held at Lhou village in his home constituency Mukto, the Chief Minister said 200.056 acres of land were acquired for housing key location plan units of Tawang Garrison of the Army, a report from the CMO said.

Khandu said that more such compensation for lands acquired for defence purposes are being worked out with the Centre. He thanked Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for sanctioning the long-overdue land compensation.

The Chief Minister said the State is now moving on the right track under PM rendra Modi. He said with support from Centre, Aruchal is witnessing rapid development with great focus on connectivity – rail, air, digital and road.

He said Tawang will soon be connected with rail and that the Union Budget this year had made allocations for construction of tunnel under Sela, which will cut down travel time by an hour.

Khandu also outlined the one-year achievement of the State Government. “Within a year, the Government has made tremendous achievements in administration, health, education, connectivity and other sectors,” he said.

He said all big pending projects such as civil secretariat, Assembly building have been completed and projects such as convention hall and highways will be completed soon.