Farmers threaten to plough land acquired for E-way

[अर्णब् मुखर्जी]

Farmers threaten to plough land acquired for E-way
Ashish Tripathi, TNN, Aug 29, 2010, 03.02am IST

LUCKNOW: Farmers agitating for a higher compensation for the land
acquired for Yamuna Expressway on Saturday threatened to start
ploughing the acquired land if the government failed to meet their
demand by September 1. In Aligarh, farmers decided to go on hunger
strike from Monday.

The farmers dug up the expressway near Sadabad tehsil, about 40km from
Agra, and held protests demanding compensation at par with Noida.

Yogendra Sharma of Kisan Jagriti Manch told TOI from Mahamayanagar
(formerly Hathras) — through which a large part of the expressway
passes — that more than 250 villages in the district were affected by
the expressway construction. ''The compensation paid is far less than
what has been given to farmers in Noida and is being offered for
townships in Agra, Mathura and Aligarh,'' said Sharma.

In Agra, farmers have set September 1 deadline for the government to
settle the new compensation package. ''Otherwise, they would start
ploughing the acquired land,'' said Shama. ''Farmers do not oppose
expressway. They are against the proposed townships on its way. They
will not give up their land for any township,'' said KK Rawat, farmer
leader at Etmadpur (Agra) where farmers are agitating since August 16.
Rawat said the farmers who gave their land earlier for expressway got
only Rs 350 per sq mt, whereas in Noida the rate was Rs 800 per sq mt.
''For the township also, farmers in Agra, Aligarh and Mathura are
getting lower compensation,'' said Rawat.

The 165-km expressway connects Delhi to Agra. Around 1,546 hectare of
land was acquired for the expressway. Now, around 2,500 hectare is
being acquired for hi-tech cities in Noida, Mathura, Agra, Bulandshahr
and Aligarh. Around 13.98 lakh population has been affected in four
districts — Aligarh, Agra, Mathura and Mahamayanagar (Hathras).

Total villagers notified for project are over 1,100. Farmers allege
that while in Noida, a compensation of Rs 8-9 lakh per bigha has been
given for the land acquired for townships, in Aligarh, Agra and
Mathura, the amount offered was Rs 5.70-5.80 lakh.

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[alok tyagi]

Project must be scrapped...there is already over supply of residential properties in ncr,, just for the greed of investors,politicians land aquisitions has to be stopped in the name of development,infertile land etc...

 

 

2010/8/29 अर्णब् मुखर्जी <arn...@gmail.com>

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Dear Alok Ji,

 

In your earlier post, you stated...

 

"Project may be scrapped, since there are many irregularities in the land aquisition, its all political matter now..."

 

Now in this post, you say...

 

"Project must be scrapped... there is already over supply of residential properties in ncr, just for the greed of investors, politicians land aquisitions has to be stopped in the name of development, infertile land etc..."

 

Cant help noticing the change in the tone... from PROJECT MAY BE SCRAPPED... now to... PROJECT MUST BE SCRAPPED.

 

Huge difference in the language... huge difference in the tone... and it leads one to believe there is a lot of underlining to it (hidden meaning... and possibly hidden motives as well).

 

In your previous mail I requested you to kindly provide proof of your claims that there have been irregularities during land acquisition. Instead of answering the question, you have started to wave the conversation. Please come clean on all the issues...

 

Regards,

 

Safal Suri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: alok tyagi

Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 4:55 PM

To: ye...@googlegroups.com

Subject: Re: [YEIDA:10768] : Farmers threaten to plough land acquired for E-way

Project must be scrapped... there is already over supply of residential properties in ncr, just for the greed of investors,politicians land aquisitions has to be stopped in the name of development,infertile land etc...

[alok tyagi]

......dear frnd...

 

i does nt matter what i and u write on this blog....

 

      irregularities: (a) farmers forced to agree to sell at aquisition(by notification).

                             (b) JP-Maya nexus involved amount to 10k crores...u believe its all clean and it needs any proof.

                             (c) Builders have taken pemission of 8 floors and building 15 floors......

                      

blablabla...............i can write long blogs like this ....on this.

 

but i think its wastage of time...

 

anyway...its good that govt has agreed, not to forcefully acquire farmers land,its their choice now...they sell/farm...etc

...lets see when they will denotify the land....

 

 

Br

Alok Tyagi

[Safal Suri (9811182828)]

 

 

Dear Mr. Tyagi,

 

Doesn't matter what anyone says... it is not easy to write long blogs WITH SUBSTANCE. Yes, many people CAN and DO write blogs without substance. For e.g. making claims without substantial proof.

 

As for 3 irregularities you have pointed out...

 

1. (a) farmers forced to agree to sell at aquisition(by notification).

A central policy dictates all state governments directing them how to acquire land from farmers. If Mayawati is guilty of acquiring land under the current laws... so are chief ministers of other states of India. Why beat the drums and cry foul only against Mayawati? Why don’t you speak against all other chief ministers, including chief ministers of Congress and BJP ruled states? Besides... as we read this post... somewhere in India... land is still being acquired under the same laws that Mayawati is using to acquire land on Yam Exp stretch. I think you should express your displeasure against those too. A good idea would be to make representation to govt. of India.

 

2. (b) JP-Maya nexus involved amount to 10k crores... u believe its all clean and it needs any proof.

Everyone knows about JP-Mayawati nexus. So what? How does that harm you? Do you think DLFs, Ansals and Hiranandanis etc. don’t have any nexus with Congress? Appears to me that you have been living in a closed world with selective vision. That is why you only express your displeasure against what is now happening in UP. Why haven't you spoken of all land acquisitions done by SP, BJP and Congress, in the past

 

As for Jaypee, it stands to gain majorly due to recent farmers outcry. By getting the other planned cities on Yam Exp scrapped, farmers have only played in the hands of Jaypee and UP govt. The land that Jaypee was to get in return of building the expressway was to be distributed equally in all 5 cities... with other 4 cities being scrapped, Jaypee will now get all the land in Yamuna Expressway City, next to Greater Noida. Great Bonanza for Jaypee... it get roughly 10,000 hectares of land in Gautam Budh Nagar, next to Delhi and Noida. Am sure Jaypee couldn’t have asked for me... and equally sure... Farmers couldn’t loose more. Now about us... the allottees of Sector 18/Sector 20.

 

3. (c) Builders have taken pemission of 8 floors and building 15 floors......

Is that true? Even if it is true... Do you think it is happening only in UP? How about Mumbai and (closer to Delhi) Gurgaon, etc? Also... can you please cite a single example of such a case in Noida / Greater Noida? Sir... if you can't substantiate your allegations... please stop making them.

 

Only the time will tell that cancellation of planned cities is good or bad for farmers. As far as I am concerned... NO ONE ever cared about developing this part of UP since... like forever. The stretch in question was one of the most backward areas in the country until Yamuna Expressway project came up. I have in person met dozens and dozens of farmers and villagers on Yamuna Expressway, spanning from Greater Noida to Tappal and all of them expressed happiness as finally development has started to touch their life. A lot of them told me that until a few years back there was no medical facility, no roads, no drinking water and no electricity. Now, although lots more needs to be done... situation is far better than before. Most of all... almost everyone expressed... that finally they have some HOPE for the future. If you were to visit the place... you will find a remarkable improvement in the lives of a vast majority of villagers/farmers. People who, until a few years back couldn’t afford to purchase a second hand cycle, are now buying brand new cars. Many who couldn’t afford to get basic medical treatment, are now visiting Delhi for advanced medical care. There is absolutely no doubt that the change has been good for most. At the same time... all that the selected bunch of farmers with vested interest (either belonging to Congress, BJP, SP or dissatisfied lot of BSP) have done is push the potential of early development by a dozen odd years.

 

Lastly, dear Sir... if you really do think that whatever you and I write on this blog doesn't really matter and that it’s a waste of time... then Sir... may I dare to ask... Why have you been writing and replying blogs on this forum? Don’t you think its Hippocratic to say one thing and do another?

[Sunil Kumar vashisht]

It will be very unfortunate to scrap the project.It will be another
NANDIGRAM..politicians are eating the future of poor farmers.The
farmers will repent for years over this...Thier coming generations
will not forgive them.

[ramvenk...@gmail.com]

I completely agree with Safal Suri that farmers will be doing a monumental blunder if they are resisting the project. The best example is the farmers from Gurgaon. Most of them had immensely benefitted from development and now owns expensive cars which they cannot dream few years back. The agitation is initiated at the behest some political parties which is opposed to the development of U.P. They wanted the farmers to be poor so that they can influence them.

venkat

[Naveen Deep Sharma]

Nice Post Safal

You always have a clearer and fairer view of the things

keep it up :)

naveen

[Ashish Jain]

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[rajesh kudesia]

Alok,
In central part of India tribes are living in forests depending upon
forests for 'tendu patta, mahua, musali, sarpgandha etc'. They pluck &
pick forest products & sell to local merchants who are not tribes.
Their life is totally dependent on forests. They do not have land,
whatever land they have is actually plataeu not plain so totally
dependent on rains & difficult to cultivate & till. But as per
government all this is the property of forest department not of
tribes. They are living there but in forest land, not their personal
land. They are not part of main stream. So for any development project
specially mining projects, government is allotting land to companies
displacing tribes without any compensation because this land belong to
government. Here no one is coming in support of tribes but Maoists.
Why are you not supporting these tribes.
Here Mayawati was giving too much for just agriculture land having no
capital value, still all politicians started to gather here like there
is no problem in any part of India. Beside compensation, return of 7%
developed land to farmers was a unique clause which no one offered in
India in my knowledge. Now township is scrapped, farmers will
understand what they have lost. So Tyagiji, be realistic & do not
oppose just because land is being acquired, see what is on offer. You
know now Tappal land is valuing nothing because they have scrapped the
interchange proposed in Tappal also. Now farmers can see cars running
over their head standing from their farm only.
In your previous post, you wrote,
"The solution is clear, but not simple. First of all, we have to re-
instate
our rights to private property and get rid of Articles 31A, 31B and
31C, so
as to reduce the power of governments to grab land. Accompanying this,
reforms in land titling are a must, so each individual’s ownership is
recorded. There must be the freedom to sell (or not), without
arbitrary
government intervention. "

My friend I am happy that at least you are supporting land reforms
which are not done in India to complete democratization of country.
But once land reforms are there, article 31 will automatically go.
What you are proposing goes against land reforms which no democrat can
deny. This is contradiction in your statement. Think twice & be clear
before you write. Land reforms have nothing to take with acquisition
laws.

Regards,
R K Kudesia