India, Nov. 4 -- Protesting farmers from 81 villages of Gautam Budh Nagar district on Monday deferred their week-long agitation against the Noida authority after officials sought 15 days to look into their demands and address grievances.

Protesting outside the Authority's Sector 6 office since October 29, the farmers had warned of launching an indefinite agitation to press for their multiple demands related to compensation for the land on which Noida has been developed.

Farmer agreed to suspend the protest till November 25 to enable the authority time to look into their demands, said officials.

Noida authority additional chief executive officer Krishna Karunesh said that the authority will look into farmers' issues. "The authority will...