Nearly 85 km from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, the primary aviation hub for New Delhi and its adjoining region, this is the airside area of the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar, in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha) Twenty-eight people have been booked in a village in Greater Noida for alleged illegal construction on land earmarked for the expansion of the Noida International Airport in Jewar, police said on Saturday. The FIR was lodged on Friday at Rabupura police station under sections 223 (Disobedience to a lawful order by a public servant) and 329(3) (Criminal Trespass and House-Trespass) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 2 and 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. Station House Officer Sujit Kumar said that the sections did not have provisions for arrests. “We will first collect evidence and file the chargesheet in the case,” he told The Indian Express . According to police, the action was taken following a complaint filed by Lekhpal (revenue officer) Pratyush Rahi Pathak on the behalf of the district administration in connection with illegal construction in Nagla Hukum Singh village under the Rabupura police station area. In his complaint to the police, Pathak on Friday said that the process of acquiring around 1,182 hectares of land in Dayanatpur, Beerampur, Mudhrah, Ranhera, Kuraib and Karauli Bangar villages for the second phase of the Noida International Airport project was currently underway. “A notification issued in 2022 clearly barred the sale, purchase or any new construction on the notified land without prior permission of the Gautam Buddha Nagar district collector until the acquisition process was completed. Despite repeated notices and directives issued by the administration to halt construction, the villagers continued with unauthorised activity in an attempt to gain undue benefit under the land acquisition and rehabilitation policy,” Pathak told the police. “Persuaded by illicit thoughts and to secure inappropriate benefits, these people have begun illegal construction in the area,” the FIR, quoting him, read.
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28 booked in Greater Noida village for illegal construction on land earmarked for Jewar airport expansion
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