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LARR Act Excludes Widows as Compensation List Demands INR100,000

8/15/2026

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Pooja Gond, 21, was told to pay 100,000 rupees to join the compensation list.
She spent 800 rupees traveling to Kishangarh and Chhatarpur, but officials kept her papers.
One of her family’s two houses was demolished without notice and officials gave no relocation guidance.
Development economist Bina Agarwal said the LARR Act excludes widows and adult daughters and urged separate bank payments for each adult.

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Story summary

Pooja Gond, 21, was told to pay 100,000 rupees to join the compensation list.
She spent 800 rupees traveling to Kishangarh and Chhatarpur, but officials kept her papers.
One of her family’s two houses was demolished without notice and officials gave no relocation guidance.
Development economist Bina Agarwal said the LARR Act excludes widows and adult daughters and urged separate bank payments for each adult.