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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farmers reach pact with Noida authority by Ayesha Arvind

Farmers reach pact with Noida authority by Ayesha Arvind

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published Published on Jul 31, 2011   modified Modified on Jul 31, 2011
Homebuyers in Noida can breathe easy. In an important breakthrough, the city's villages have decided to call off their recent agitation over land acquisition-related issues. After arriving at a settlement with Noida Authority on Saturday, the farmers promised not to disrupt work at any of the project sites. However, the agreement does not affect the fate of projects in Noida Extension, where negotiations are still on between farmers and Greater Noida Authority.

An hour-long meeting between senior authority officials and 16 representatives of Noida villagers on Saturday afternoon drew two important assurances from both sides. The authority promised to resolve all disputes related to abadi (residential) lands in villages, and to give villagers developed plots equalling 5% of their acquired abadi lands within three months. The farmers, meanwhile, have dropped their demand for higher monetary compensation, which the authority had said was out of its purview.

The authority also accepted the villagers' demand for a written assurance about redressing their grievances within three months and will send out formal letters to the pradhans of all 54 villages in Noida. It also assured farmers that it will not plead against verdicts in any land and rehabilitation dispute.

The villagers termed the settlement a vindication of their 35-year struggle.

"Farmers in Noida have been complaining since 1976, when the acquisition process began, but till now no one would even give us a hearing," said farmer leader Mahesh Awana.

"The recent court orders changed the tide and forced the authority to listen to us. Now that our abadi disputes are resolved and the Authority has agreed upon other rehabilitation benefits, we are very happy," he added.

"The farmers are now willing to put off all agitations and we are hopeful that this settlement will encourage the Greater Noida farmers to talk to the (Greater Noida) Authority and sort out their disputes amicably as well," said Noida Authority CEO Balwindar Kumar.

"We had been maintaining that it is not possible to revise compensation rates for land that has already been acquired. The farmers have also finally come around and understood our limitations while we have assured them that their other most important demand of resolving abadi disputes and (allotting) 5% land will be addressed completely," Kumar added.

As per the 'deal', the Authority will regularize all abadi lands of the villagers, even those that it had until now regarded as encroachments. Farmers awaiting allotment of compensatory plots for acquired abadi land will get these within three months. "The farmers were very angry mainly because of the abadi dispute. We have managed to finally pacify them," Kumar said.

Among other things, the settlement also entitles farmers to free OPD treatment and 10% reservation in educational institutions within the district, provided that the lease deed of their land guarantees the same. As for those farmers whose land was acquired between 1976 and 1997, the Authority has agreed to launch "special schemes" to allot developed plots to them.

In a bid to avoid similar disputes in future, the Authority has also directed framers to constitute a sort of 'watchdog' group or a 'kisan nigrani samiti' that will henceforth, "remain in touch with the Authority, bring to fore farmers' problems, propose development etc". Besides, it has also decided to hold monthly meetings with the samiti, a farmers' development body, to remain "connected with all the 54 villages in Noida".

"The Authority has agreed to most of our demands barring the hike in compensation, which it says is impossible. Our main grievance was that our abadi land was taken away and the Authority refused to listen to us when we complained about the same. That has been sorted out now, so we have agreed to stop agitating, and now no construction projects will be targeted," said Manoj Tyagi, representative of Noida's Gheza village.

"The Authority has also agreed to help those farmers who were kept out of the benefit pool as their land was acquired between 1976 and 1997. It has agreed to most of our demands and thus we have agreed to end all our protests," said Gautam Budh Nagar MP Surender Singh Nagar.


The Times of India, 31 July, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Farmers-reach-pact-with-Noida-authority/articleshow/9426662.cms


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