Mangalore, February 15: The meeting of officials from Mangalore Special Economic Zone Ltd (MSEZ), the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) and Revenue Department with Gregory Patrao over latter's demands over acquisition of his 14-acre land was held on Monday.
The meeting, which was chaired by Minister for Ports and Fisheries and District In-charge J. Krishna Palemar remained inconclusive.
Mr. Palemar chaired the meeting following Mr. Patrao's statement agreeing to give away his 14-acre land for MSEZ. Mr. Patrao, who had opposed acquisition of his land, agreed for acquisition subject to some conditions.
On Monday, Mr. Palemar held a closed-door meeting for nearly 30 minutes with Mr. Patrao, his family members, the MSEZ, KIADB and Revenue Department officials.
Mr. Palemar told presspersons that Mr. Patrao had placed three demands. The first was allocation of two acres of land at Kalavaru. The MSEZ had agreed to allocate land only to an extent of 31 cents, which Mr. Patrao rejected. The MSEZ had agreed for the second demand of employing one of the family members of Mr. Patro.
Mr. Palemar ruled out accepting the third demand of paying 25 per cent higher compensation than what was made to other land owners. Mr. Palemar said the compensation was paid as per the State Government norms and there could not exception for one person.
Mr. Palemar said he would hold another meeting within a week. He would try to convince Mr. Patrao and find an amicable solution.
When contacted, Mr. Patrao said he had placed certain demands and there had not been any settlement.
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