The Noida Authority board has approved a decision to bring abadi land in villages under the purview of its building bylaws. The authority had decided to do so in the wake of the Nepal earthquake and subsequent devastation.
The Greater Noida Authority already governs all construction being carried out in village abadi area since 2011.
However, hundreds of villagers are opposed to the move. On September 24, residents from nearly 81 villages gathered to lodge their protest against the decision. Accusing the Noida Authority of adopting arm-twisting methods, nearly 600 villagers threatened to intensify their stir against the building regulation norms.
Talking to TOI, farmer leader Joginder Awana said they have been living in Noida for several decades and the Noida Authority could not suddenly implement building regulations. "It is unconstitutional and without our consent," Awana said. "Instead of developing the rural areas of Noida, the Authority is trying to browbeat us," he said. "We will not follow the norms," he added.
The residents further said they would take to the streets but would not agree to the regulations. "In the next two months we will hold meetings in different villages and will hold a maha-panchayat eventually to chart our next course of action," a villager said.
Meanwhile, Noida Authority officials said they would hold a meeting of village heads to educate them on the necessity of governing building activities for the sake of safety and security of the rural population. The Authority had in October last year drawn up a draft of revised bylaws to include village areas.
The move had come following reports of large-scale illegal occupation on such land besides a government order from the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary received on October 20, 2014, restricting all district panchayats from clearing any building layout plans.
According to officials, the bylaws - when implemented - will define permissible ground coverage, percentage of commercial activity, parking spaces, height of boundary wall, fire safety norms in keeping with the National Building Code and number of floors.
These will be according to the plot size and in tune with Noida's prevailing norms, officials said. The district panchayats have been allowing construction in the abadi areas, when they never had the right to pass layout plans, officials said. Therefore, all such construction is illegal, they added.
SOURCE: magicbricks.com
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