The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh late Monday agreed to raise compensation money for the farmers. The decision came in the wake of farmers protests in parts of the state over land acquisition for the Yamuna Expressway, a 165 km road link from Noida to Agra.
Farmers will now get a compensation of Rs 570 per square feet instead of Rs 436 per square feet announced earlier, according to Uttar Pradesh government officials.
Further, the government has also decided to double the compensation for the farmers who died in the protests to Rs10 lakh, which was earlier Rs5 lakh.
A compensation of Rs 2 lakh has also been announced for those injured in the police firing. Three people including a police constable were killed Saturday night, in clashes between the police and agitating farmers.
The government has also agreed to the farmers` demand that no farmer will be forced to part with his land if he doesn`t want to.
All detained farmers, including their leader Rambabu Kathalia, will be released today.
The issue rocked the Parliament on Monday leading to the adjournment of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Opposition demanded a discussion over the farmers` demands. BJP and BSP members clashed on the issue of police firing on farmers.
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