Yogi promises a ‘ fair deal’ to local farmers

Need to ensure progress of people to prevent their exploitation: Yogi

Noida, Aug. 3: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday promised justice to the local farmers who are unhappy with the money they are getting for the land being acquired by the state government for the Jewar International Airport.

Adityanath asked the district administration here to resolve the issue and submit a report on it within eight days, Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh said.

The chief minister gave the directions after a discussion with the farmers during a visit to the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida.

“I assure the farmers that they will get justice and appropriate compensation for their land. I also want to tell them not to get misled by the Opposition,” he said, according to a press release issued by the

MLA.

“The people who are opposing this today are the same people who never wanted Jewar to get an airport,” the chief minister said.

About 150 farmers from eight villages in Jewar area came to the university to meet Adityanath.

The ambitious project had reportedly hit a hurdle in June following stiff resistance from the residents of these villages, which fall under its phase 1.

Much of the conflict is over the categorisation of the area as urban or rural, which determines the amount the farmers get under the land acquisition law.

The farmers reportedly want to be paid four times the circle rate. The government wants them to take just double, according to an official.

Noida, Aug. 3: Noting that a lot of young people migrate from Uttar Pradesh to find work, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said his government is working to provide the youth with jobs locally.

He said the UP government has provided jobs to over 2.5 lakh youths in the last one year and was aiming for a similar number in the coming year.

Adityanath made the remarks while addressing the students of the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida at the commencement of the academic session 2018- 2019.

“Uttar Pradesh has been very fortunate that almost every region, every district here has some or the

other product which is traditionally its expertise. And that is why we launched the ‘ One District, One Product’ programme,” he said.

“Why should the the youth of UP go out to places like Surat, Ludhiana or Mumbai to find work? Why can’t they get work within the state, say in Gautam Buddha Nagar or Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Aligarh, Khurja or Kannauj?” he asked.

“They will certainly be able to find work near their homes under the ‘ One District, One Product’ scheme which has been launched to bring about the desired change in their lives,” he said.

Adityanath said his government’s aim is to provide jobs to two lakh youths locally in the next one year through this scheme and added that there are huge possibilities for improvement in the state.

Union ministers Mahesh Sharma and Satya Pal Singh, besides GBU ViceChancellor Prabhat Kumar were present during the address. Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, Dadri MLA Tejpal Singh Nagar and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh were also in attendance.

The chief minister said every village in the state has at least one person who is traditionally skilled but there was a need to ensure the progress of these people and to stop their exploitation.

“If you go to any village, you will certainly find there a traditional barber, an ironsmith, a tailor, a carpenter, etc. There should be work to provide them better opportunities for their skills. Their skills have not been provided a platform and remain unacknowledged,” he said.

Government has provided jobs to over 2.5 lakh youth in the last one year and aims to produce over two lakh jobs more for youths locally in the next one year through this scheme