Greater Noida’s Bisrakh village witnessed tension when people wanted to bury a corpse in a newly made burial ground in the village, but some farmers objected to it saying that they have not been compensated properly for the land acquired from them for the burial ground.
The police that the incident occurred around 10 a.m. when a group of people from a particular community reached the new burial ground in Bisrakh to perform the last rites of a senior citizen from their family.
However, they were intercepted by a few farmers from the village, who claimed that the land still belonged to them as they were not compensated by the authority when the land was acquired. The people who had come for the cremation then called the police in order to avoid a ruckus.
Manveer Bhati, one of the protesters said that in 2017, the burial ground was shifted to plots number 104 and 105 after the same was proposed by the villagers as people who had residential plots near the old burial ground had objected to it.
“The authority acquired and sanctioned the land for the new burial ground where burial started. However, three-four families were never compensated for the land that was acquired from them,” claimed Mr. Bhatti.
Surender Singh, another farmer from the village claimed that three bigha land was acquired from him for the burial ground. “My land was acquired, but it was neither measured nor did I receive any compensation,” he said.
A police team reached the spot. The police personnel asked the people who had come for the cremation to go to the old burial ground and proceed with the last rites. The police then called the officials concerned from the Noida Authority to address the farmers.
Meeting on Monday
Anjani Kumar, SDM (Dadri), said that a senior manager at the authority was sent and the farmers were asked to come to the authority Monday for a meeting. “We have gone through the details of plots 104 and 105 and have found that only half of plot number 5 was acquired from the farmers and rest belonged to the authority. They have been called for demarcation of their land, and the due compensation will be discussed after that,” said Mr. Kumar.
