Greater Noida farmers blink, want more money, not land
Striking a sympathetic note for investors , the farmers also said they wanted a solution to the crisis that would not hurt homebuyers .
By Purusharth Aradhak, TNN | Updated:
NOIDA: In what will be music to the ears of homebuyers buffeted with bad news since last Thursday , farmers in the Noida Extension area on Tuesday announced that they simply wanted a better deal for their land , not the land itself. Striking a sympathetic note for investors , the farmers also said they wanted a solution to the crisis that would not hurt homebuyers .
At the end of the farmers ’ panchayat at Khairpur village on Tuesday , what emerged was a frank acceptance that the acquisition of their land was a done deal . The elders acknowledged that young peoplein their villages were not keen on a return to the farming days , and the result of trying to turn the clock back now would be a colossal waste for all parties . “Massive construction has been done in several villages in the Noida Extension area . As a result , the land has lost its fertility and getting it back does not make any sense ,” Kisan Sangharsh Samiti president Manveer Bhati told TOI.
He saidthe mixing of concrete with the top-soil had made the land infertile .
The farmers made a show of solidarity with homebuyers , maintaining that both were suffering on account of the government’s mistakes . “The farmers do not have any problem with homebuyers , who booked their dream homes in Noida Extension . We want a solution which will also benefit the buyers . At the end of the day , they are also being harassed by the so-called policy makers of the UP government ,” Bhati said .
Striking a defiant note against Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority , which alone is empowered to acquire and allot land to builders in this area , the farmers said if the authority did not pay them market rates they would move court to seek permission to sell land directly to builders .
“When our land was acquired , we thought we would be paid handsomely . That’s why nearly 82 % villagers accepted the compensation . But after acquiring the land , the authority treated us shabbily , and we were paid paltry compensation ,” said Khairpur resident and farmer leader Jagdish .
“Farmers basically want 50% of their acquired land developed (withwater , power supply and sewage lines ) and returned to them . Other than that , we are demanding 80 % of the market rate as compensation , and plots to landless farmers ,” Jagdish added .
At the end of the farmers ’ panchayat at Khairpur village on Tuesday , what emerged was a frank acceptance that the acquisition of their land was a done deal . The elders acknowledged that young peoplein their villages were not keen on a return to the farming days , and the result of trying to turn the clock back now would be a colossal waste for all parties . “Massive construction has been done in several villages in the Noida Extension area . As a result , the land has lost its fertility and getting it back does not make any sense ,” Kisan Sangharsh Samiti president Manveer Bhati told TOI.
He saidthe mixing of concrete with the top-soil had made the land infertile .
The farmers made a show of solidarity with homebuyers , maintaining that both were suffering on account of the government’s mistakes . “The farmers do not have any problem with homebuyers , who booked their dream homes in Noida Extension . We want a solution which will also benefit the buyers . At the end of the day , they are also being harassed by the so-called policy makers of the UP government ,” Bhati said .
Striking a defiant note against Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority , which alone is empowered to acquire and allot land to builders in this area , the farmers said if the authority did not pay them market rates they would move court to seek permission to sell land directly to builders .
“When our land was acquired , we thought we would be paid handsomely . That’s why nearly 82 % villagers accepted the compensation . But after acquiring the land , the authority treated us shabbily , and we were paid paltry compensation ,” said Khairpur resident and farmer leader Jagdish .
“Farmers basically want 50% of their acquired land developed (withwater , power supply and sewage lines ) and returned to them . Other than that , we are demanding 80 % of the market rate as compensation , and plots to landless farmers ,” Jagdish added .
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