Greater Noida: greater problems faced by farmers in India!

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It's a sad truth of an agricultural nation. Livid farmers fighting for their rights, made helpless, suppressed and targeted merely as political pawns, with ruling govt. paying no heed.  What is a farmer without his land? Govt. argues in the courts that it's acquiring land in public interest, but it's more than evident, that they're doing this in corporate interest. Yamuna Expressway, an another ambitious project of UP CM, is supposed to take a person from Delhi to Agra in merely in 2hrs. But what's so hurry to reach Agra.? Is the destination Agra so developed? Does Agra itself has good roads, amenities and infra.? Answer is plain no.  Then why govt needs to go out of the way to build Yamuna Expressway, unless it wants to add several zeroes preceded by 1, in their cash accounts! Additionally, the plots are also being acquired by govt. for the builders who shall develop skyscrapers, malls, hotels etc along the express way. And who benefits? Of-course not the common people like farmers, who are main voters deciding who rules the roost and is at the helm of the State. The farmers at the first place, don't want to part from their lands, but when so much pressurized by govt. which is snatching the land anyways, all these former want is at-least 80% cost of their land and some also want only 50 % of their land to be taken away. Fine. Govt. should negotiate. But the govt. is haughty customer. They say, whatever money you're getting has been pre-finalized. Go away and settle elesewhere. Trees, crops on the land are being bulldozed, and when protested, govt. say uproot you crops and take them with you, we don't need it.! What a shame! The beneficiaries are the builders, who're given farming plots at prices well-below the market price, in name of development. The Land Acquisition Bill is stuck in the parliament for years, but meanwhile, Nuclear Deal bill was passed in jiffy, as if Rajdhani train needs to be given pass, who cares about poor local trains!


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