Ghaziabad farmers demand SC-mandated compensation, protests expand to seven villages

Farmers from Kanawani village in Ghaziabad have been staging a peaceful protest for the past 20 days, demanding fair compensation for their land in accordance with Supreme Court orders, and are now receiving growing support from neighbouring villages.

Farmers from several surrounding villages including Makanpur, Arthala, Pahladgarhi, Chhijarsi, Bahlolpur, Dujana and Kacheda have been arriving at the protest site to extend their support to the Kanawani farmers. The villagers have assured the protesting farmers that they stand with full strength in their struggle.

The farmers say that compensation for Kanawani village land should be given on the prescribed basis as per the orders of the Supreme Court, but despite this, the administration is allegedly following a process of providing compensation on the basis of other villages. The farmers allege that such action does not comply with the orders of the Supreme Court.

Farmer Shrichand Nagar said that Kanawani farmers have been sitting on a peaceful dharna for the past 20 days over their demands. The farmers' demand is absolutely clear that proper compensation for Kanawani village land be given in compliance with the Supreme Court orders. He said that the support being received from surrounding villages reflects the solidarity of farmers and now this struggle is getting continuously stronger.

The farmers have made it clear that their dharna will continue until proper compensation for Kanawani village land is given in full compliance with the Supreme Court orders. The farmers have demanded from the administration that no arbitrariness be done in the matter and the compensation process be completed only as per the court orders.

The farmers said that they have been sitting on dharna peacefully over their demands for the past 20 days, but their demands have not been resolved yet. The farmers say that their struggle will continue until concrete action is taken on their demands.

Farmers present at the dharna included M.S. Nagar, Chatar Singh Nagar, Kailash Nagar, Shyam Singh Adhana, Antaraj Kasana, Rajendra Nagar, Jaypal Nagar, Babu Nagar, Praveen Nagar, Devendra Nagar, Ashok Kasana, Lekh Ram Jatav, Omprakash Bainsla, Bijendra Besoya, Ajay, Arun, Pintu and others.