UP farmers call of Noida protest after assurance from authorities
“The farmers... have ended their protest today. Now, a meeting will be held every Thursday with the respective authorities so that we can resolve the issues of the farmers on a priority basis,” said Saumya Srivastava, Assistant Chief Executive Officer (ACEO), Greater Noida.
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The protest began on November 25 outside the Noida authority office. The farmers demanded that 10 per cent of the developed land be allocated back to them. In case of residential and commercial land, they sought a 64.7 per cent rise in compensation rates to match inflation rates.Farmers from Uttar Pradesh, who were staging a protest for over 10 days at Gautam Buddha Nagar against the land acquisitions by the government between 1997 and 2008, ended their agitation Thursday following an assurance from the Greater Noida Authority that routine meetings will be held to resolve the issues on priority.
“The farmers… have ended their protest today. Now, a meeting will be held every Thursday with the respective authorities so that we can resolve the issues of the farmers on a priority basis,” said Saumya Srivastava, Assistant Chief Executive Officer (ACEO), Greater Noida.
On Thursday, an agreement was reached in a meeting between the farmers, led by Bharatiya Kisan Union district president Mahendra Mukhiya, and the District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Manish Kumar Verma, and Greater Noida Authority ACEOs Srivastava and Sunil Kumar Singh.
The protest began on November 25 outside the Noida authority office. The farmers demanded that 10 per cent of the developed land be allocated back to them. In case of residential and commercial land, they sought a 64.7 per cent rise in compensation rates to match inflation rates.
On December 2, around 5,000 farmers from Gautam Buddha Nagar and various parts of western UP marched to Delhi, following an eight-day protest at the Delhi-Noida border against the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida), the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), and the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on the land acquisitions made for the development of several residential and commercial areas.
However, the protest march was halted at Dalit Prerna Sthal after an agreement was reached between the authorities and the farmers.
“All the policy issues will be placed before the authority. The farmers had been protesting at Greater Noida Authority for demands such as reservation in employment and education for the children of farmers in industrial units, educational institutions and commercial establishments, and a clear policy for division of residential plots,” said Srivastava.
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