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On Thursday, farmers from more than 140 villages in Noida and Greater Noida will march towards Parliament in protest of the failure to meet the demands of three farmer unions regarding the resolution of their long-standing disputes over land acquisition.There are four protests going on right now in the Uttar Pradesh district of Gautam Buddha Nagar.
At the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) headquarters in Sector 24 and Noida Authority in Sector 6, the Jai Jawan Jai Kisan organization is leading a protest against the Ansal builders, All India Kisan Sabha against Greater Noida Authority, and Bharatiya Kisan Parishad.All of these groups met as a Mahapanchayat on Wednesday at the Greater Noida Authority office. There, it was decided to march to Parliament on Thursday to demand that their issues be resolved within a certain amount of time.Farmers want two things in particular. Firstly, they demand 10% of the developed land to be used as residential plots for their families as compensation for the land that the authorities have taken from them for various development projects.The farmers contend that they are landless because the majority of their land was purchased.
They wonder how their families and the next generation will make it while the government takes their land and brags about development.As of right now, the Noida Authority only gives the farmers 5% of the entire amount of land they have purchased, which they consider insufficient. As compensation for land acquisition, the Yamuna Authority gives them 7% of the developed plot, while the Greater Noida Authority gives them 6%.Furthermore, the farmers want extra money, with amounts determined by market rates from the time the land was purchased for various projects. The farmers claim that they are still suffering because their land was purchased at a low cost many years ago.
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