India Inc wants land acquisition norms diluted

When Sajjan Jindal, chairman of JSW Group, walked into Nandagaon in Maharashtra on September 15 to scout for land for a port project, he was in for a surprise. Over 100 villagers stopped his car and made him write an undertaking that he would not set up the port project which was threatening their livelihood and homes. Jindal was planning to set up an all-weather Rs 10,000-crore port project and with local villagers now opposing the project, it will be a long way ahead for JSW to acquire land for the project.

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