ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Monday scrapped the acquisition of 170 hectares of land in Gulistanpur village of Gautam Budh Nagar in Greater Noida.

The Allahabad high court on Monday set aside the Uttar Pradesh government

To be paid in areas where water, sewer lines are newly laid or about to be laid

The Delhi Jal Board has decided to fix the water and sewerage development charges for the year 2011-12 at Rs.405 and Rs.455 per sq.

The problem of contaminated water and its back flow at Delhi Zoo would be sorted out by this year end, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said.

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Farmers of Noida have demanded that 4,000 acres of their land that had been acquired by the government in the Noida Extension area be returned to them.

The demand follows an order of the Allahabad High Court that had set aside the acquisition, observing that while acquiring 159 hectares in Shaberri and other villages under Section 17, farmers were not given the right to be heard under Section 5

Over 15,000 hectares of land has been acquired in the Greater Noida region, near Delhi, in the last twenty years, using a controversial clause in the land acquisition act which allow governments to acquire land without giving landowners or others the right to a hearing.

Move likely to widen rift between UPA and Mayawati
In a move that could widen the UPA-Mayawati rift and fuel demands from agitating farmers in other states for succor from the Centre, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday announced financial aid for the injured farmers of Bhatta Parsaul and Acchapur villages of Uttar Pradesh.

While the seriously injured in the recent agitation against the Ma

In the past three years, protests by farmers against land acquisition have roiled over 40 districts spread over 17 states. Nearly 10 crore people reside in these troubled districts. What is at stake is nearly 4 lakh acres of land, most of it fertile and under cultivation. In all these hotspots, farmers have taken to the streets, or fields, in large numbers, often clashing with the police.

Land is as emotive an issue as caste in India. For millions, their sense of livelihood and identity is inextricably linked to the ground on which they have lived for generations. So when they are forced to give it up for development projects without reasonable compensation or rehabilitation, there is bound to be bitter resistance, even violence.

Accuses BSP govt of brutalising villagers in name of land acquisition
Just five days after taking everyone by surprise by sneaking into Bhatta Parsual village in Greater Noida to express solidarity with farmers, who were agitating over