Podcast | NOTA, Local Candidate or Modi? Who’ll Bharuch Vote For?

Farmers are worried about three major infrastructure project in Bharuch that will eat up into their fertile land.

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In 2014, Gujarat unanimously voted for their Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the general elections helping the saffron party clinch all 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state. However, in 2019, although Modi is the Prime Minister of the country, Gujaratis are visibly miffed, especially in South Gujarat.

South Gujarat is not only a fertile strip of land with a biannual yield, it’s also one of the most heavily industrialised regions in the country. Now, three major infrastructure projects of national significance are currently underway in South Gujarat, which will eat into fertile land, and this has drawn the ire of several farmers.

One of the major concerns for the farmers is the paltry compensation offered to them by the government, as it is far less than the actual market rate of the land. The Quint met with some farmers and land owners in Bharuch District where the three above mentioned projects will kick out hundreds of farmers from their lands.