Yamuna expressway project: 15 years after stir, Parsaul farmers agree to give up land for higher compensation

Yamuna expressway project: 15 years after stir

Parsaul farmers agree to give up land for higher compensation

A longstanding deadlock over 1,326 residential plots allocated

To buyers off the Yamuna Expressway in 2009 was resolved this month

With farmers in Parsaul agreeing to relinquish their land in return for higher compensation.

Farmers from Parsaul and another village, Bhatta,

Had erupted in protest against land acquisition by UP govt in 2011

Had erupted in protest against land acquisition by UP govt in 2011

The legal battles led to the Allahabad high court ordering a 64.7% increase in compensation for farmers

Which development authorities continue to collect from homebuyers.