Indian Farmers Look to Google Earth for Help
10 Oct, 2006, 2:30 pm IST | by
Sharon Khare
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Google Earth may have caused an uproar when 'sensitive' areas in India showed up on it; but it has now come to the rescue of farmers in Maharashtra—providing them with info to back up their claims regarding their land. Farmers in Pen Taluka—140 kms from Mumbai—were told that the State government would be acquiring their land to build the 2,500 acre Maha Mumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ). They were also told that only a small portion of the earmarked land was fertile and that some parts of it were submerged by salty creek water—which translated into lower compensaton to the farmers for their land. Arun Shivkar, an activist of the SEZ Hatao Virodh Samiti, then logged on to Google Earth. But when Google Earth's satellite pictures clearly indicated that the 'submerged' parts were in fact fertile crop areas the farmers could back their claims for higher compensation. The technology has also brought together farmers from 45 villages to put up a common front and protest the acquisition of their land. Read more here. |
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