The West Bengal Government has constituted a medical board to decide on the beneficiaries of compensation in the firing in Netai village in Lalgarh on January 7.
While Rs. 2 lakh would be paid to those killed in the firing on a crowd of villagers, allegedly from the house of a CPI (M) leader, Rs 1.5 lakh would be paid to those critically injured and Rs 50,000 to persons with less grave injuries.
State Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh told reporters that a three-member medical board headed by the Director, Health, has been set up to identify the persons or the families who would get the compensation. “They will hold their first meeting on January 22 and submit their report by January 24", he said.
The High Court had issued an interim order on Wednesday on paying compensation to the victims within seven days.
Excess land
On the issue of some industries holding land in excess of existing land ceilings (on which a meeting was held on Thursday), Mr Ghosh said the government would take back land from 13 companies which between them hold 875 acres, in excess of the land ceiling.
“These companies have already been identified and notices would be issued for taking back the land from them", Mr Ghosh said. This land would then be vested with the government, which would then lease it back to the industry at a rate to be decided later.
An exercise has been started to identify more such industries, he said.
