Sekhonwal Gram Sabha Orders Return of Panchayat Land Taken for Mattewara Project

Punjab’s Dalit-majority village invokes constitutional powers, questions silence of state institutions THE GRAM SABHA of Sekhonwal, a Dalit-majority village in Punjab, has reasserted its constitutional authority by unanimously directing the Punjab and Union governments to immediately begin the process of restoring Panchayat land taken for the now-cancelled Mattewara Industrial Project. The resolution, passed in a…