You want them to continue farming so that never prosper because we all know farming in India with small holdings only leading to sucides. If the land is so fertile the best in India what spl crop it is producing which cant be produced in any other place. Govt is owner of owners as per act and in public interest it can take lands by giving suitable compensation, otherwise noone will part his land and no collges, raods dams,canals can be ever built. So much protest was done by Megha in Narmada Dam but go and see Gujrat it has changed life of millions by giving water and electricity.Don't make India live in Stone age again.