Several women share pits dug in rows, while each man stands individually in one pit at Nindar village on Jaipur’s outskirts Thursday. I won’t vacate the land for anyone.”Standing chest-deep in a pit near her is Mangilal Kumawat, 40, a farmer, who says he is ready to stay there until the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) stops coming after their land. That accounts for over 500 bighas — JDA commissioner Vaibhav Galriya says it already has 571 bighas — and about 700 bighas more remains to be acquired. So we had to take up this protest.”While the men stand in individual pits, the women share pits dug in rows. “It is very fertile land, we have supplied vegetables — especially okra — to Jaipur for generations, but the JDA wants to take our land from us,” says Shishpal Sharma.

Source: Indian Express October 05, 2017 18:37 UTC