After acquiring 3,390 hectares for the 1,600-MW Jayankondam integrated lignite mining and power generation project nearly 25 years ago, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to return the land to former owners without collecting the compensation paid to them.
“We have decided to give a decent burial to a project which has remained virtually a non-starter,” says a government official, adding that it is going to be a notional return of land as there has been no physical acquisition thereof. An order of re-conveyance of the land was issued by the Department of Industries last week.
