To ensure farmers representation in the district, village development society to be developed, the decision was taken in a meeting chaired by UP chief secretary. The village development societies will work as residents welfare association and the development authorities will ensure the development of these villages. The decision is aim to ensure planned development in the villages as well.
The meeting was attended by GB Nagar district magistrate NP Singh and Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway industrial development authorities chairman Rama Raman. To execute the plan, state government will seek legal opinion too.
On explaining the details, three development authorities chairman in GB Nagar, Rama Raman said, "We have planned to catagoriesed the district in two category. First phase will be part of both Noida and Greater Noida villages, where land has been acquired by the development authorities. Village development authotrities will exist in phase one area while under phase two area, we will cover those villages, where land has not been acquired."
"In phase two area, panchayat polls to be organized. The legal department will workout the ways to organize panchayat polls in these area," he said that the move will help in ensuring planned development in the villages as well.," Raman said.
"So far villages are witnessing unplanned development with unsafe structures. Thus inviting to any untoward incidents. Keeping the natural disasters like earthquake, we need to prepare our villages to deal the situation. And for that safety structures and development is required," he added.
TOI had first reported that Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida and Greater Noida Industrial Development Authorities have given two options to the protesting farmers - they can either choose to live outside the jurisdiction of the two authorities, in which case they can hold panchayat polls, or be under their jurisdiction. In case they decide to keep their villages outside the development authorities, the village panchayats will have to depend on funds they receive from the state government. The development authorities will not spend funds to develop the villages.
It can be recalled that on an average, villages get no more than Rs 10 lakh a year for development from the state budget. Industrial bodies, meanwhile, spend crores of rupees on developing infrastructure in similarly sized areas. Notably, the Allahabad high court had banned panchayat polls in villages within industrial townships while hearing a petition. There are nearly 300 gram panchayats in Gautam Budh Nagar, of which, only 207 are notified. The high court ruled that panchayat polls can't be held in the 207 gram panchayats that have been notified.
"The authorities are also bound by the high court order. A logical way to resolve the situation would be to form village development society. After banning panchayat polls, the main challenge is to give the villages possibility for public representation. If farmers agree, we'll send a proposal to the government to legally introduce village development societies by notifying them," Raman added.
"The district authorities and administration had both sought legal opinion in the matter. Under such circumstances, farmers have three options. The first is to challenge the Allahabad HC order in the SC, the second is to get themselves de-notified from the district and the third to create village development societies (on lines of the urban authorities) instead of gram panchayats," said GB Nagar DM NP Singh.
- The district will be divided into two category.
- First phase will be part of both Noida and Greater Noida villages, where land has been acquired by the development authorities.
- Village development authotrities will exist in phase one area while under phase two area, those villages will be covered, where land has not been acquired.
- Authorities have given two options to the protesting farmers - they can either choose to live outside the jurisdiction of the two authorities, in which case they can hold panchayat polls, or be under their jurisdiction.
- Keeping out of authorities jurisdiction will be looser option as a villages get no more than Rs 10 lakh a year for development from the state budget. Industrial bodies, meanwhile, spend crores of rupees on developing infrastructure in similarly sized areas.
SOURCE: magicbricks.com
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