Farmers from some villages right here Monday launched a sit-in on the Ghaziabad Development Authority workplace demanding enhanced compensation for his or her land, with girls protesters additionally closing the premises’ fundamental gate.

The farmers got here from the Sadarpur, Bayana, Matiyala, Duhai and different villages.

The girls protesters, who had been heading the rally, reached the authority workplace after some skirmishes with the police deployed for safety functions, a Bhartiya Kisan Union chief mentioned.

He mentioned the farmers have come of their tractors and keep put.

The protesting farmers handed over a memorandum to GDA officers enlisting their calls for.

They mentioned they had been promised greater compensation for his or her land which has not been paid to them regardless of a number of assurances from officers.

They mentioned 22,000 households space affected by the delayed fee of compensation.

(PTI)