Congress party is soon going to launch an agitation against the Mayawati government for the acquisition of land from the farmers in Noida. In some parts of the Noida, the land has been acquired randomly from the farmers and they have been paid the partial amount as the compensation. The Mayawati government is selling that land at the excessive prices. The government has acquired the land for Taj expressway, Ganga expressway projects and various other housing scheme projects. The major objection of the farmers is the amount they are given in return of the land. They have been paid Rs. 1000 per square meter in Noida and Rs. 850 per square meter in Greater Noida. However, the authorities are selling that land for Rs. 5000 per square meter to Rs. one lakh per square meter; and, builders and developers are making further addition in the prices. The farmers from Bulandshahar, Ghaziabad, Baghpat and Muzaffarnagar had a Mahapanchayat where they had passed the resolution to launch an agitation against the random acquisition of land. Congress party will stand in support of the farmers.

Criticizing the way the Noida police investigated the Arushi murder case, Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh has termed it as “state terrorism” to defame the victims. He said there was no evidence to prove the ‘bad’ character of teenage girl Arushi and the extra marital affair of his dentist father who has allegedly been arrested for killing his own daughter and domestic help Hemraj. He also stated that, the way the Noida police has investigated the case is nothing but the state terrorism. The Noida police is coming with new theories every day and don’t have any evidence to prove any of their statement. The police should understand their responsibilities and should give the statements carefully to the media.

Delhi and Noida will on high alert on May 29th as he gujjars have threatened the government to reach Delhi with the protest. A high alert for the officials have been declared to be active on the roads as the Rasta Roko program of gujjar can affect the city badly. The government has decided to take strong steps to control the protest. Gujjars have blocked the railway tracks for long hours in Greater Noida hampering the rail transportation. Mehrauli – Badarpur road and Delhi – Meerut highway was blocked for log hours and busses heading to UP from Delhi were stopped. Thursday will be a tough day for the residents of Noida and Ghaziabad as gujjars has decided to move to NCR for protest. They have stopped transporting of milk, vegetables and other products of daily necessity from Rajasthan. Home ministry is taking the threat seriously and Minister Shiv Raj Patil met the police commission of Delhi to discuss the strategy to how to protect Delhi and NCR. Thus, they are not leaving any scope for the gujjars to make any loss in the jurisdiction of Noida, Ghaziabad and Delhi.

The protest of gujjars against the government is spreading all over the western to northern India. Gujjars community has blocked the roads and rails on the major routes. Many trains for Kota, Mumbai and Delhi has been cancelled and traveling by road is also equally unsafe as the gujjars have blocked the highways for Agra, Delhi and other cities like Ghaziabad and Noida. The protest has affected the case proceeding of Noida double murder case as the gujjar lawyer has also went on the strike and could not present the Dr. Rajesh Talwar in the court for bail. And, the further coming days are expected to be tougher for the Delhiites and Noida people as the Gujjar Mahapanchayat of NCR region has decided to stop the supply of milk and vegetables to the city. The deadlock of one state has shown clearly that how it can affect the other neighboring states.

The member of planning commission B K Chaturvedi argues that UP needs to improve the governance to attract the investors from the country. However, the planning commission has approved the Noida-Balia Ganga Expressway and also examining the proposal for International airport at Noida. But, the planning commission feels that state can grow much faster by adopting human resource based economic development program.