Its become common to see villagers showing a different side when the ambitious projects are on the verge of being executed. Singur was an example and now this. They have been adequately compensated, and if it was less, why did they keep quiet all these years?! F1 is a great chance to show the world India belongs on the world stage, and sad to see people stymieing progress. And Singur campaign was led by politicians with vested interests. I am sure there are political hands here as well. And before we have ahd the coke factory closure, and various other international projects being stalled and Indias image has taken a beating. Its not as if they are left homeless. All these are just opportunities for politicians to mislead the masses, and gain some points over the ruling parties.
Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Common Man on Oct 07, 2011 01:31 PM
Its very easy to comment against farmer who looses their only peoperty . Most of the aquitions are with the motive of getting land on cheaper rate and harvest a huge money by builders and government...at that ime farmer feels cheated ...same thing is happening again and again....But u are worried about indian image...Madam we need to worry indian people who are suffering from this
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Arun Premraj on Oct 07, 2011 01:39 PM
then why did they not protest when the project began or was going on.. why protests start on verge of race... because they know project cost, ticket cost and all that..
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Arun Premraj on Oct 07, 2011 01:41 PM
then why did they not protest when the project began or was going on.. why protests start on verge of race... because they know project cost, ticket cost and all that..
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Bolo India on Oct 07, 2011 01:42 PM
I guess the pertinent question still is - what were they doing when F1 track was being laid??
Cheaper rate is a perspective. If a builder develops an area because of which land prices in area shoot up, you can't say that farmers got a raw dealer. the prices shot up because of development done by builder. How do you know the farmer got the raw deal in greater noida. Guess almost all of them are already crorepatis.
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by samsung on Oct 07, 2011 01:58 PM
Our so called poor farmers who once use to call lands as their mother...went on to sell their mothers for crores of rupees in return from the same builders against whom they are standing...reason is simple these gawars have lost all their money in buying costly cars, SUV's, daaru, jua...etc..and now since the money has finished they are making best use of events like F1 to blackmail everybody involved...no more Jai Jawan Jai kisan..
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by samsung on Oct 07, 2011 01:59 PM
Our so called poor farmers who once use to call lands as their mother...went on to sell their mothers for crores of rupees in return from the same builders against whom they are standing...reason is simple these gawars have lost all their money in buying costly cars, SUV's, daaru, jua...etc..and now since the money has finished they are making best use of events like F1 to blackmail everybody involved...no more Jai Jawan Jai kisan..
Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Mohit Gupta on Oct 07, 2011 01:42 PM
Though , on some fronts , Farmers are at fault but Its very easy to conclude that F1 Arena is not a "Development Project".Actually its a Mockery of Poor Population of India , 80 % of which is still living for 1$ per day.Any Factory or Industry surely give employment for long term.But Residential Projects and Stadiums are not producing quality jobs in a long Run.I think only when your land is taken by corrupt authorities and government then your voice will echo the different sentiments.India belongs to Farmers and their land could only be taken for Industrial Projects not for "Good for Nothing" , F1 Arena to show world the 'FAKE' Shining Image of India.
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Arun Premraj on Oct 07, 2011 01:46 PM
then why have any 5 star hotels, development or anything at all.. let us drag everything down to the level of the poor because 80% is poor..
Re: Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Mohit Gupta on Oct 07, 2011 03:17 PM
Oh Come On ! Have you heard something like 'Priorities' ?
The priorities of a Poor Nation like India should be to provide all of its citizens "Roti , Kapda and Makan'.If government can't assure it , they don't have the right to acquire Farmers fertile land and sell it to Builders on Subsidized Prices.
You want five star hotels ? OK NO Problem ! But let those Hotels , Stadium and Building Owners buy land directly from Farmers and get them their real dues.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Sameer on Oct 07, 2011 04:18 PM
Mohit Gupta
The villagers were given their dues. Why else were they quiet for such a long time ? As someone who lives in greater noida pointed out, most of the villagers became crorepathi's after selling their land. It is very much likely that they used up the money and/or became greedy for more.
Why else did they keep quiet until the time when race tickets are being sold.
Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by prateek on Oct 07, 2011 01:57 PM
More than 80% of people in greater noida villagers are crorepatis.I have done my B.tech from iec greater noida.I am a witness becoz I had been inhabiting greater noida since last four years
Re: Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by samsung on Oct 07, 2011 02:00 PM
True...Our so called poor farmers who once use to call lands as their mother...went on to sell their mothers for crores of rupees in return from the same builders against whom they are standing...reason is simple these gawars have lost all their money in buying costly cars, SUV's, daaru, jua...etc..and now since the money has finished they are making best use of events like F1 to blackmail everybody involved...no more Jai Jawan Jai kisan..
Re: Re: Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by Mohit Gupta on Oct 07, 2011 03:26 PM
Nice to see a fellow IECian here on rediff.I also completed my Btech from IEC in 2004. And Living there for last 3 years. No doubt people here became crorepati , but how did you come to the figure of 80% ?
The point still remains same that how do you build residential apartments and racing track on a land taken for Industrial Projects.
Its just not a question of Gr Noida but broader horizon of implication application of Draconian Land Rules.
Re: Anti-development masses in India!
by SSSSS on Oct 07, 2011 04:02 PM
Demo of progress through F1! You must be lacking too much common sense. F1 is for countries who do not know what to do with extra money. Conducting F1 in India will noway show we are developing. You cannot complain about villagers, as I know how innocent they are. Builders send their PR teams to show beautiful colors to them through various means, and they fall prey to it easily. They sell land which will be told to them the highest in the market. Many wouldnt even know the real-estate racket and how prices keep climbing like no tomorrow.
I would like to ask you what will you eat if these villagers stop growing the food items. F1's tyre as you are developed? India is a agricultural country, and until we dont commit to stop reproducing we need to increase the food grain growth. We dont have spare lands except those small forest covers, which even Jayram Ramesh feels cant be protected for long. So stop thinking you are some hyper-developed seeing those foreigners, and come to ground level like Indian if you want to stay with us.
misled? now they woke up days before the race.. wat were they doing when construction began or was going on.. all a load of bs.. they just want to extort money ...because many have already wasted their compensation in luxuries
an annual global event will bring more business to the region.. and create employment.. this region is luckier than those where just apartments are built.. the villagers should not be greedy for compensation.. seeing the final estimate and expenditure and ticket prices.. they should also check how they have spent their compensation...
These villagers should be applauded. FI track is not required in our country, where there are people, who don't get one time food. This sport is only for select few upper class people. Even general public would not be able to see it.
Re: Very good
by Virendra Patel on Oct 07, 2011 08:08 PM
I fully agree. A Formula 1 race-track, has no relevance or importance to India by any means whatsoever. Let some other country have it. We don't need here. I do think though, people who will loose their villages and livelyhood for urbanized and infrastructure development, should be properly and legally compensated and fully accomodated, but people need to understand our puppet and fake government never show any interest, care or well-being of our 1.2 billion nation. It is important they know this.
These are the new Kulaks of india and will never be satisfied.When they got paid once ,why did they not use their money wisely instead of blowing it up in luxury cars.
