India: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), a local residents association in Assam, laid claim to land that belongs to a cement manufacturing company in Assam, India, on 24 January 2014.
KMSS chief, Akhil Gogoi, claimed that Topcem India Ltd had breached an agreed land occupancy by possessing the 55,100m2 of farmland. A panel will prepare a list of farmers, to whom the land will be distributed, by the end of January 2014.
The KMSS has also threatened to occupy land belonging to another cement company. The Federation of Industry and Commerce of the North East Region has condemned the move.
