By G Saravanan
Published on April 11, 2010:
CHENNAI: While the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) Limited’s astonishing speed in acquiring vast tracts of land for industrial purposes seems to be missing when it comes to reply an RTI query.
More than two weeks have passed by now after the mandatory 30 days time for sending a reply to RTI query and the delay shows that SIPCOT give scant regard to RTI queries, T V Sivaraman, a resident of Choolaimedu and who filed the application told Express.
In February 23, Sivaraman had filed a RTI petition with SIPCOT seeking details about the country specific industrial estates and the area set apart for each country and their location in particular village in and around Sriperumbudur.
“I have asked for simple details, but the delay in providing them force me to think that they (SIPCOT) have some ulterior motives after acquiring vast stretch of lands from the people living there for decades, rued Sivaraman.
In his RTI plea, Sivaraman asked questions like how many acres of land are proposed to be taken for the country specific industrial estates, how many countries are in the queue and the nature of industry they have proposed there.
Like the residents of several villages like Vallam, Vadakakal and Buthanur, which were now fallen in the SIPCOT’s acquisition radar in Sriperumbudur, we strongly suspect that the non-transparent activities of the acquiring agency undoubtedly turning locals’ cultivable lands to foreign companies in throwaway prices, lamented Sivaraman.
Since the reply he sought from SIPCOT has not reached yet, Sivaraman plans to send a reminder to the agency and if it also falls on deaf ear, he vowed to go to State Information Commission.
More than two weeks have passed by now after the mandatory 30 days time for sending a reply to RTI query and the delay shows that SIPCOT give scant regard to RTI queries, T V Sivaraman, a resident of Choolaimedu and who filed the application told Express.
In February 23, Sivaraman had filed a RTI petition with SIPCOT seeking details about the country specific industrial estates and the area set apart for each country and their location in particular village in and around Sriperumbudur.
“I have asked for simple details, but the delay in providing them force me to think that they (SIPCOT) have some ulterior motives after acquiring vast stretch of lands from the people living there for decades, rued Sivaraman.
In his RTI plea, Sivaraman asked questions like how many acres of land are proposed to be taken for the country specific industrial estates, how many countries are in the queue and the nature of industry they have proposed there.
Like the residents of several villages like Vallam, Vadakakal and Buthanur, which were now fallen in the SIPCOT’s acquisition radar in Sriperumbudur, we strongly suspect that the non-transparent activities of the acquiring agency undoubtedly turning locals’ cultivable lands to foreign companies in throwaway prices, lamented Sivaraman.
Since the reply he sought from SIPCOT has not reached yet, Sivaraman plans to send a reminder to the agency and if it also falls on deaf ear, he vowed to go to State Information Commission.
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