TAD NewsDesk, Greater Noida: The Gautam Budh Nagar administration allotted plots to 767 farmers whose land was seized by the Noida International Airport project in Jewar. This was the second round of plot allotment and it has been happening in a lucky draw.
On March 6, 238 plots were allotted under first round of allotment to farmers of Nagla Ganeshi village.
Balram Singh, additional district magistrate, GB Nagar said,
“We have allotted the plots so that the farmers build their houses at an airport township in Jewar Bangar.”
The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) is developing the township and providing basic facilities like road, water, sewage, and power connections under the “Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013”. Yeida is investing ₹350 crore on development of the well-planned township for farmers, the officials said.
Shailendra Bhatia, officer on special duty, Yeida said,
“Today, 767 eligible farmers got plots in Jewar Bangar. The remaining farmers will also get their plots soon in the next allotment round.”
A total of 8,971 farmer families have given either their agricultural land or houses for the airport. Of them, 3,627 families will be displaced, the officials said, adding that each farmer/family will get a plot having size 50% of their existing house. Plot sizes ranging from 50 to 500 square metres are being allotted based on the land acquired for the project from each family, they said.
Mr Bhatia added,
“We are requesting farmers to vacate houses and shift into the new place as soon as possible as the work has to start at the site by mid-2021, and good part is that the farmers are also supporting us.”
Yeida said that the project will take 2 more months to complete the procedure.
Source: Hindustan Times
