Pooling folly

LAND POOLING is usually followed for developing urban slums. Under the process, small parcels of land are assembled in urban areas or in the outskirts without paying cash compensation to the owners. The owner is allotted a part of the "developed" plot with rights to sell it. The pooling authority retains a portion of the assembled land, uses part of it to develop civic amenities like roads, parks and garden, and the rest is put for public sale to recover the cost of development.