Ganga Expressway 145;useless146;: VP Singh

Singh has been leading a campaign against Reliance and Noida and Greater Noida authorities on land compensation rates and has alleged that the condition in the villages of these districts is similar to that of Nandigram. Regarding the recently-started acquisition process of 88 acres of land, apart from the already allotted 2,300 acres for the power project, Singh said, 8220;Land cannot be snatched away. Can they take away steel or cement from the multinationals without their permission? If land has to be taken for a project as big as this, the farmers8217; demands for a better compensation rate cannot be neglected.8221;

The farmers of Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida have organised themselves under Kisan Sangharsh Samiti and have demanded a higher compensation rate for the land acquired by Ghaziabad Development Authority, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and Noida Authority. They have been demanding an increase in the rates at which land has been acquired from the farmers elsewhere, as the rates of commercial properties have shot up.