India, June 6 -- The Yamuna Expressway's official concessionaire, Jaypee Infratech, will issue concessional passes to farmers whose land was acquired for the expressway's construction, Jaypee Infratech officials said on Friday.

They added that the concessionaire has initiated the process of seeking details from eligible farmers for the scheme.

According to officials, around 4,500 farmers surrendered about 1,600 hectares of land for the 165-km-long expressway and related projects.

Shailendra Bhatia, additional chief executive officer of Yeida,said Jaypee Infratech is legally bound to issue the passes to farmers.

However, until now, the farmers did not have authorised toll concession passes and often demanded free access to the expressw...