Farmers in Inayatpur village demand revised land price

GHAZIABAD: The heat of farmers' agitation has spread from Bhatta Parsaul in Greater Noida to Inayatpur village in the district after farmers there demanded that the price of land which they sold to a private developer few years back be revised.

The villagers who sold their land in 2006 at Rs 250 per square metre are now asking for a revised price of Rs 1,800 per square metre.

The farmers held a meeting under the chairmanship of former village head Surender Nagar who said the farmers had to sell the land as the state government issued a notification for land acquisition.

Farmers of Inayatpur, Sadiqpur, Hassanpur, Sheikhpur, Dinanathpur, Arifpur and Raghunathpur sold their lands for development of a hi-tech city project.

Nagar said the builders had earlier promised to provide the revised rate of land at the time of taking the possession of land.

The farmers charged that the real estate developers who bought the land from them at Rs 11 lakh per acre had sold it to another builder at Rs 33 lakh per acre, which they claimed was exorbitant.

Farmers in meeting decided not to give the possession of the land and yesterday started to plough the area.

Sub Divisional Magistrate Ghaziabad SD Pal met farmers and advised them avoid a situation akin to Bhatta Parsaul.