Ghaziabad farmers enter 23rd day of protest demanding land names restored in revenue records

Farmers in Mohiuddinpur Kanauni, Ghaziabad, continue their protest over land acquisition, with their agitation now entering its 23rd day. The farmers remained at the protest site on Saturday despite rainfall, refusing to budge until their demands are met.

The protesting farmers have now shifted their primary demand from compensation to restoration of original landowners' names in the revenue records. They claim the prescribed time limit related to land acquisition has expired and allege that no valid award was passed within the stipulated period.

Farmer Kailash Nagar stated that the farmers' movement will remain completely peaceful and the protest will continue until the names of original landowners are restored in the revenue records. He said the farmers will not give up their land at any cost now.

The farmers' protest comes at a time when the Supreme Court's prescribed time limit has passed. The farmers contend that since the legally mandated deadline for the land acquisition process has lapsed without a proper award being issued, their names should be reinstated in the revenue documents.

Several farmers were present at the protest site, including Mathan Singh Nagar, Jagdish Sharma, Shrichand Nagar, Mir Singh Nagar, Chatar Singh Nagar, Dhaneshwar Sharma, Sukhbir Singh Nagar, Babu Nagar, Pappu Besla, Jaypal Nagar, Vinod Nagar, Devendra Nagar, Ashok Kasana, and Lekhram Jatav.

The farmers have made clear they are prepared to sustain their protest for as long as necessary to secure the restoration of their land ownership rights in official records.