Over 350 families don't want to give land for Noida airport Phase 2

Over 350 families don’t want to give land for Noida airport Phase 2

NOIDA: Over 350 families of Nangla Hukum Singh in Karauli Bangar village in Jewar have said they will not allow the UP government to displace them for land acquisition for the second phase of Noida airport.

The villagers have decided not to take the compensation that is being offered by the government and vowed to protest any attempt to displace them from their land.

Vinay Chaudhary, a resident of Nangla Hukum Singh, said, “Our demand is genuine, there is a reason for it. Our village is located in one corner and does not come in the way of the project in any manner. About 250-300 hectares fall in Karauli Bangar and we have been demanding that the 35 hectares identified in Nangla Hukum Singh should be kept out of the acquisition process.”

“It will also spare the amount that it has set aside for our rehabilitation,” he added.

Chaudhary said a panchayat was held in the village on Friday, when the land owners rejected the compensation offer.

For the second phase of the Noida airport, about 1,185 hectares of private land will have to be acquired across Karauli Bangar, Dayanatpur, Kureb, Ranhera, Mundrah and Birampur villages. Besides, there are 124 hectares of government land.

Residents of six villages of Jewar are adamant about not giving up their land unless their demands for enhanced monetary compensation, space for running their vocations and other norms of rehabilitation and resettlement are not met. But in Nangla Hukum Singh of Karauli Bangar, the villagers do not want to part with their land at all.

Farmers have been holding panchayats across villages and demanding the enhanced compensation. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait had also extended his support to the farmers during a mahapanchayat held near the airport site in June this year.

The villagers said they had written to the chief minister and senior officials concerned about their demands. As of now, the government is acquiring land at the rate of Rs 2,300 per sqm. Apart from an enhanced rate, the villagers have also demanded that the size of the compensatory land should be equal to the existing one, besides the cost of the house. During the first phase of acquisition, the villagers were given 50% of the residential land size.