Yogi promises better compensation for land

GREATER NOIDA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday assured farmers that the state will take care of their interests as they have cooperated in the land acquisition process for the international airport project proposed in Jewar, along the 165km Yamuna Expressway.

A delegation of 26 farmers led by Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh met the chief minister and discussed the airport project for 40 minutes.

The UP government is likely to issue a notification soon to begin the land acquisition. As per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the administration needs to have the consent of 70% farmers before it can start the land acquisition.

“The chief minister expressed happiness as more than 70% farmers have happily agreed to give their land for the airport project. He assured us that the government will take care of the interests of farmers who are giving up their agricultural land for the ambitious project. In the last 15 years, the airport project could not become a reality. But now, the UP government wants to develop it with the intention of generating employment in the region and fuelling economic activity,” Singh said.

The government assured the delegation that the interests of landless farmers will be protected.