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AUROVILLE LAND MATTERS

By Working Committee (WC) , 04 Nov 2024 / 09:55 pm

in Report Tags AUROVILLE LAND MATTERS

AUROVILLE LAND MATTERS

November 2024

We wish to bring transparency and share with the community the situation of the land purchase and

land exchanges. And some important facts about the Land Board.

- Mid 2022, the Auroville Foundation has appointed 2 Special officers to deal with the Land board

members about land matters including purchase and exchanges.

- In March 2023, the 4 executives of the Land board were not allowed to work on land Purchase and

Land exchange anymore. This work was assigned exclusively to the Special Officer Mrs M. with the

help of Mr K. The 4 executives became Land Service members instead of Land Board executives.

- 1st August 2023, Mr K was appointed as Land Board executive, by an Office Order from the

Auroville Foundation. Letters of protest with documented evidence were sent from the 4 Land Board

executives and by the Working Committee but without success to have him removed.

Brief summary of the land purchase and exchange situation.

1. 2022. Land Purchase by the Land Board members:

7,93 acres

7,17 acres in the City, 90%

0,76 acre in the Green Belt, 10 %

2. 2022. Land exchanges, mainly by the Land Board members:

9,21 acres

7,32 acres in the City, 80%

1,89 acre in the Green Belt, 20 %

3. 2023. Land exchanges only by the Auroville Special Officer Mrs M and Mr K

16,27 acres