Chandigarh, Feb 20 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured the House that his government would soon come out with a policy to consider compensation to the farmers for land being used for installation of towers by the Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL).
However, he ruled out the possibility of giving compensation to farmers for their land falling under the transmission lines, since a substantial chunk of 105 acres of agriculture land across the state was under the transmission lines.
Capt Amarinder also informed the House that the land under the towers in Bathinda district had not been acquired as there was no restriction on agricultural activity in land located under the towers and transmission lines, and such land would not hence be acquired.