Collective Action ends Maha Mumbai SEZ plan

The Economic Times in an article titled " MSEZ withdraws land acquisition petition" reports that the company behind the SEZ, Reliance Industries Limited, has withdrawn its land acquisition petition which came up before the Supreme Court of India.
This marks a victory for all the farmers who had voted against the SEZ in a referendum held last year by the Raigad District Collector. Some of the organisations representing the farmers were MahaMumbai Shetkari Sangharsh Samiti ,Savhara Jan Andolan, National Alliance of People's Movements, etc.
This was the first time that a public opinion poll has been held over any land acquisition in the country. Ninety one per cent of the farmers who voted in the poll were against the SEZ and therefore against selling their land.
This win has been hailed in the media as "Farmers win against the most powerful Industrialist in India viz.Mukesh Ambani."
The rationality of this decision to vote against the SEZ is perplexing. A study conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) regarding the socio economic impact of the SEZ notes that

1. Due to general poverty, and lack of employment, there has been out migration of
   people in search of employment from these villages to nearby towns and main
   city of Mumbai.
2. Most of the people in these villages live in poverty not only due to lack of
   employment but also poor size of land per capita/per household. Due to shortage
   of fodder, livestock or animal rearing can also not be practiced on a large scale.
   So this option is also not available to people in these villages
3. The main occupation of the people in these villages, is agriculture.
   However, there are a large number of families in these villages which are
   involved in fishing and sand raising from the sea. Due to salinity and lack of
   development of irrigation, agriculture is not an economic and profitable
   occupation in the area. Fish catch due to increased pollution and over fishing has
   also been declining which has further impoverished the villagers
   

The report also talks about the anxieties of the people regarding the project and giving up their land. Hence the report suggests adequate compensation to Project Affected People (PAP).
This report was conducted in 2005 for Sea King Infrastructure Ltd. in which Mr.Ambani has major stake.
Accordingly, as per the agreement finalised by the company with the government, farmers would be paid INR 5 lakh per acre for unproductive land and Rs 10 lakh for paddy land. Further, it has prepared a training and employment programme and sustenance allowance to one person in a project-affected family who has sold land to MSEZ. It will be mainly for improving opportunities of employability and quality of life.
So some questions which arose in mind were
1. Were the economic benefits promised too little or were there factors over and above these benefits which triggered the anti-SEZ movement.
2.Why was this land acquisition issue settled peacefully compared to the violence seen in Singur and Nandigram.
3. Should referendums like the one held in Raigad be made compulsory in all land acquisition projects
4.Role of educated leaders in staging peaceful collective action movements.