Striking a balance between land requirements for SEZ’s and protection of fertile farmlands.
The concept of capping the the SEZ can be circumvented by dividing the project into parts.
The concept of limiting the role of states can bring in the problem of land mafias who will use their muscle and money power to marginalize the rural landless laborers.
The American state of Oregon since the days of Silicon valley development have a clear vision on striking a balance between the urban growth and the rural land usage.
Growth boundaries were identified, only inside which the urban growth was allowed. New expansion projects were done on the old structures which were not used. Instead of expanding on green field areas the projects were given opportunity in brown field structures.
Lot of time was spent on planning by the planners by considering the opinion from the local communities on mega projects.
Satellite imaging and spatial database management can be very well used for deciding the land management policy of each zone.
District level spatial plans to identify growth areas for future investments along with alternative employment generation for the affected people
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