About 25 illegal buildings on land notified for Noida airport razed in Jewar tehsil

                Noida: Teams of Yamuna Expressway 
Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) and 
the district administration on Monday 
demolished 25 illegal buildings in Ramner, 
Sabauta, and 
Kishorepur villages of Jewar tehsil to prevent 
further encroachments that could delay 
expansion of the Noida International Airport.
Officials carried out a four-hour drive, targeting 
illegal houses and permanent structures on 
land notified for acquisition for the airport's 
third and fourth phases.
Officials said they had earlier warned over 100 
landowners against carrying out further 
constructions once the area was notified for 
acquisition.
Although the Yamuna Authority issued 
demolition orders, many villagers continued 
with the constructions, prompting the 
demolition drive.

For the third and fourth phases of the airport 
project, 2,053 hectares are scheduled to be 
acquired from 14 villages. This acquisition will 
affect around 42,000 farmers, with about 9,500 
of them requiring rehabilitation. Although the 
administration has secured consent from most 
affected families, some villagers have carried 
out fresh constructions to obtain higher 
compensation for these permanent structures.
Farmers, officials said, are eligible for 
additional funds if houses or other permanent 
edifices stand on their land at the time of 
acquisition. As a result, landowners built new 
structures 
after the notification, leading the 
administration to form special monitoring 
teams that identified and halted unauthorised 
work.
So far, the state govt has acquired 1,334 
hectares for the first phase of the airport 
project and 1,365 hectares for the second. 
Compensation has also been distributed 
among affected 
families.
On Monday, more than 100 policemen 
accompanied YEIDA and district officials to the 
villages where these illegal buildings have 
come up. The team deployed 11 earthmovers 
from 
2pm onwards, completing the demolition in 
four hours without any major protests.
According to inspection reports, unauthorised 
structures have also come up in Neemka, 
Thora, Banwari Bas, Mukimpur Shivara, 
Kishorepur, and Ramner villages. YEIDA has 
issued 
fresh warnings to landowners and will soon 
clear an estimated 200 additional illegal 
constructions in the area, officials said.



Source : Times of India