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Farmers Face Displacement and Boundary Dispute Near Expressway
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AI SUMMARY
Farmers in the Amhara Region facing property destruction and uncompensated crop clearing along the Adama-Awash expressway corridor are also pressured to change regional administrative affiliation to claim compensation.
- Farmers in Amora Bet Kebele, Menjar Shenkora Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, face property destruction and identity disputes due to the Adama-Awash expressway project.
- The expressway route was rerouted westward to bypass landslide hazards, cutting directly through Melka Jilo town in Amora Bet Kebele.
- Contractors clearing rights-of-way are destroying actively cultivated crops without prior assessment or settlement.
- Municipal and project representatives are requiring affected residents to obtain new identity cards from Boset Woreda in the East Shewa Zone of Oromia Region as a prerequisite for compensation claims.
- Officials have threatened residents with immediate eviction and set a deadline of mid-September 2026 if they do not vacate the project path or alter their regional administrative affiliation.
- Community members state their families have lived under Menjar Shenkora Woreda administration for generations and describe the ID swap demand as an unjust condition for statutory compensation.
- Affected farmers reported an absence of formal intervention from the Menjar Shenkora Woreda Administration, North Shewa Zone, and Amhara Regional State government.
- Displaced families are calling on federal transport authorities and regional leadership to intervene, suspend uncompensated clearing, resolve jurisdictional ambiguities, and protect their legal compensation rights.
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