Farmers clash with cops outside GNIDA office, roads in Knowledge Park choke

Noida: Farmers protesting outside the Greater Noida Authority office for 10% abadi plots as compensation for land acquired for new industrial areas clashed with nearly 250 cops deployed at the site on Tuesday. The protest staged by farmers triggered snarls in the Knowledge Park area a day after arterial roads in Noida saw heavy jams on Monday when the farmers rallied near the Chilla border.The farmers, who gathered in large numbers on Tuesday, said they have received several assurances since the protests started five months ago, but nothing has materialised. “For more than five months, we have been patient. But, on Tuesday, we collectively decided to intensify our protests. If our demands continue to fall on deaf ears, the protest will become bigger in the coming days,” said an office bearer of a farmers’ outfit.Earlier, the farmers had submitted their demands to the Authority, which assured them of providing additional compensation and jobs to youths in the family, among other things. Farmers, however, have continued to protest as the Authority is yet to concede to their demand for 10% residential plots on the developed land. The Authority has sent this demand to the state government for approval. Officials, meanwhile, said they would organise camps in villages to determine the eligibility of the farmers to get 6% of the developed land, according to the existing norms. GNIDA CEO NG Ravi Kumar had instructed the officials to set up camps in villages to facilitate the process. Officer on special duty Himanshu Verma said a team from the land records department will organise a camp at the primary health centre in Dadha on Feb 1 from 11am. Another camp will be organised in Sirsa village on Feb 2.An ACEO-level official will also be present at the camps. Farmers can visit the camps with the relevant documents to check their eligibility. “If anyone has any objections, they can register them at the camps,” an official said.

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