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Etawah (UP), Oct 4: Two persons were Thursday killed and as many injured when their car hit a stationary container on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police said.

Bhupendra Yadav (30) and Rajesh Yadav (40), both residents of Madhubani in Bihar, were killed on the spot in the incident, SSP Ashok Kumar Tripathi said.

The injured have been rushed to a hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.
 (PTI)

Etawah (UP), Jun 25 : An Army officer was killed while four of his family members were seriously injured when their car caught fire on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway here, the police said today.

The incident took place near Nagla Hardu village when the family was returning from Ganga Ghat in Farrukhabad late last night, Circle Officer, City, Anjani Kumar said.

While Lt. Rahul Kumar posted in Imphal died on the spot, his mother, aunt, sister-in-law and nephew received serious burns and were admitted to Saifai hospital, Kumar said.  PTI


Etawah, Mar 7: Comptroller and Auditor General of India has asked for documents related to land acquisition and details of funds provided to Agra-Lucknow expressway made in Samajwadi Party (SP) government tenure.
Additional district magistrate Jitendra Kushwaha here on Wednesday said that Director Land Acquisition department has written to 32 district magistrates, including Etawah, to provide all details of land provided to Agra-Lucknow express along with land acquisition details.
Farmers here in Etawah district had demanded circle rates equivalent to Saifai for their lands acquired for Lucknow-Agra expressway. Some political parties played an important role to raise the voice of farmers to get more compensation for their lands.
Yogi Adityanath government announced CAG scrutiny of land acquisitions made during Akhilesh Yadav government’s tenure following which documents related to land acquired for the expressway were summoned. 
A gazette was published in 2012 acquisition of 315 hectare land from Mohabbatpur, Mainpuri to Kathautiya, Auraiya for 40 kilometre Agra-Lucknow expressway.
Lands were acquired from 116 villages for expressway but villagers from Chaubiya, Takha and Bharthana had strongly opposed against the acquisition of their lands as government provided Rs 1.29 crore per hectare compensation for lands in Saifai, while Chaubiya got Rs 8 lakh per hectare and in Bharthana Rs 11 lakh per hectare was paid while it was announced Rs 30 lakh per hectare.
Besides Agra-Lucknow expressway other projects initiated during 2012 to 2017, were under scanner and documents related to them were asked to submit. During these five years major projects initiated were Etawah-Mainpuri four lane, SSP crossing to Yamuna bridge four lane, cycle track from Etawah to Agra construction. 
Kisan Sabha regional general secretary Mukut Singh Yadav said that he had started protest against land acquisition in 2012. Compensation in Safai was huge at the name of Development Authority but farmers in Chaubiya and Bharthana got nominal amount. CAG investigations will reveal the corruption and injustice made by previous government, he added. UNI

Etawah, Sept 21: Samajwadi Party MP from Mainpuri Tej Pratap Singh today said Mulayam Singh Yadav or Netaji is the accepted leader of the party and he is ready to leave his seat for the leader. "There is no if or but on Netaji as a consensus leader of the party and he is welcomed to contest from anywhere he wants," the grandson of Mulayam said while reacting on the announcement of Mulayam that he would now contest from Mainpuri seat instead of Azamgarh. Mulayam had won from both the Mainpuri and Azamgarh seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, but later he left Mainpuri from where his grandson( son of his younger brother) Tej Pratap had won in the bypolls. Tej Pratap is the son-in-law of RJD president Lalu Prasad. Talking to UNI here, Tej Pratap said, 'Who ever is opposing Mulayam on his decision to shift to Mainpuri should be termed as a rebel of the party.' The leader also criticised the BJP government in UP for their failure to deliver in just six months of their rule. "The people of the state are frustrated lot as BJP had not fulfilled even a single promise they have given during the assembly polls. The farm loan waiver is merely a joke on the poor farmers of the state as they are yet to get any relief from their heavy loans," he said. Tej Pratap, tried to balance his words and not getting entangled in the SP family dispute, said the party was one and very soon it will launch a state wide agitation against the misrule of the Yogi Adityanath government. UNI


Etawah, Aug 5 :  Uttar Pradesh police has arrested a dreaded criminal after a brief encounter in Bharthana area of the district here. During the late last night encounter, four policemen, including two (Station Officers) SOs, along with the criminal, were injured in the cross firing. The criminal has been identified as Amit Yadav on whom UP police had announced a reward of Rs 12,000. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said here today that police was checking the vehicles near Jhindua bridge when a youth coming on motorcycle was stopped but he tried to flee. When police chased him, the criminal opened fire on the police team. Police also fired on the criminal in which he got injured. In the encounter, SO Bharthana J P Pal and SO Friends colony Bholu Singh Bhati along with two other policemen also received minor injuries. The criminal was wanted in more than ten cases of murder and kidnapping in the district. UNI