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Vinod Rajput writes on environment, infrastructure, real estate and government policies in Noida and Greater Noida. He has reported on environment and infrastructure in Delhi, Gurgaon and Panchkula in the past.

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Noida to seal commercial outlets releasing untreated waste into drains

Meanwhile, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has demanded additional time from the Noida authority for installation of effluent treatment plants

These outlets are located in an unauthorised commercial markets in Hazipur and Sector 104 (above), which have lately become popular commercial hubs among city residents (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 05:32 AM IST
By, Noida

New panel formed to resolve farmers’ land leaseback issues

This committee will formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) that will be applicable to farmers under all three authorities to address their abadi or ‘leaseback’ disputes, said officials

The decision was taken in line with assurances given to farmers last month to persuade them to end their months long agitation against authorities. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 05:22 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

ED probe begins into Orris Group’s fund diversion

The Yeida, on June 27, 2018, lodged an FIR against Greenbay Infrastructure at Kasna police station under sections 420, 409, 467, 468, 471 of IPC

Yeida, on February 12, 2018, during an audit found out that eight real estate developers, including Oriss Group, diverted <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>860 crore collected from homebuyers, a contention that was denied by most developers involved. (Sunil Ghosh/HTPhoto)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 05:52 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

BSP picks Solanki for GB Nagar seat

Solanki said if elected, he will work for farmers’ causes, employment for the youth, and development of all sections of society

Solanki was earlier with the Congress and won the assembly elections from Sikandrabad in 1985, but he quit Congress earlier this year and joined BSP. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 05:46 AM IST

Yeida frees 1.63 mln sq metres land from unauthorised people

Villages around the under-construction Noida International Airport in Jewar have emerged as the hotbed of unauthorised development, as per Yeida

Yeida has issued public notices and advertisements to warn the public against buying illegal plots to check the development of unauthorised neighbourhoods near the Jewar airport site. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 05:50 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

G Noida flyover work expedited to ease traffic on Kasna road

So far, at least 46 percent work on this flyover project has been completed, and the rest is expected to be completed by February-end, 2025

The construction of the flyover will benefit the commuters because they will not have to go to old Kasna road and be stuck in traffic snarls on Kasna road. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo (representational image))
Published on Mar 22, 2024 10:50 PM IST

Yeida approves detailed project report of Heritage City

Heritage City will start near 101km milestone of the Yamuna Expressway and end at the Banke Bihari temple

The Heritage City project is set to be developed on 2,965.2 acre land along the Yamuna Expressway and the project has an estimated budget of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>6,000 crore. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 22, 2024 05:42 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

Noida authority did not provide land as directed by court, developer tells HC

Noida has held that ATS Homes should first develop sports facilities. But the developer said they do not have enough land for that

As per the scheme, a consortium of companies was eligible to make a bid for the plot allotment with an area of 503,000sqm. ATS Homes had submitted its bid on behalf of the consortium of 10 companies and a total of 393,276.75sqm land was allotted to the consortium, while the remaining 109,723.25 sqm land was proposed to be acquired by the Noida authority. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 21, 2024 06:24 AM IST
By, Noida

Greater Noida authority hikes water tariff by up to 10%

If a consumer fails to pay the annual water bill by end of March 2024, then the authority will impose a penal interest of up to 11% on the dues, said officials

According to authority officials, the tariff is being increased so as to collect more revenue and spend it on improving supply infrastructure and the quality of water supplied. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 05:40 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

Trial runs to begin by June-end at Noida airport in Jewar: NIAL

NIAL has also informed the state government that at least ₹7371 .51 crore, of the ₹10,056 crore budget, has been spent on the greenfield airport so far and the target is to start flight operations by September 2024

An artist’s impression of the terminal building of the greenfield Noida international airport coming up in Jewar, along the Yamuna Expressway. Concessionaire Zurich Airport International selected architects Nordic, Grimshaw, Haptic and STUP to design the passenger terminal of the airport in Jewar. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 05:02 AM IST
By, Noida

Noida Authority refuses nod for Unitech’s revised building maps

The refusal will further delay stalled projects in Noida and exacerbate sufferings of homebuyers who have been waiting for over a decade to get their flats

In Unitech Unihomes housing project in Sector 117, which is also partially completed, homeowners have already occupied some of the towers. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 05:36 AM IST
By, Noida

No respite in sight for home buyers as Noida Authority to challenge HC order

The high court had also directed the Noida Authority to execute registries in the name of home buyers without seeking no-dues certificate from real estate firms

The Noida Authority has decided to challenge the High Court order requiring it to execute registries in the name of homebuyers in Cloud Nine’s Lotus Espacia housing project. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 06:22 AM IST

UP govt to GBN DM: Probe into MotoGP irregularities

The move came after Jewar MLA via a complaint in 2023 to Uttar Pradesh chief secretary sought a detailed probe into the accounts of the Fairstreet Sports

The company, however, said they have replied along with the bills spent on organising the event and denied having committed any irregularities. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 16, 2024 06:38 AM IST

CM’s Noida visit on Saturday cancelled owing to model code of conduct

The group housing department had done all preparations for the CM event, but it was learnt that the visit has been cancelled

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath was to hand over registries to 10 homebuyers each in Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway at an event scheduled to take place at Greater Noida’s Gautam Buddha University auditorium. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 16, 2024 06:28 AM IST
By, Noida

Work on eight projects in Wish Town to begin soon

The IMC in a letter to Jaiprakash Associates Limited has asked to hand over the physical possession of the projects without any delay

The NCLTappointed Implementation and Monitoring Committee has decided to engage the new contractors so that home-buyers can get their apartments ready and the possession without further delay. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 08:24 AM IST

Noida to install around 2500 CCTV cameras to ensure safety to residents

Noida authority to install 2,500 CCTV cameras for city-wide surveillance, budget of ₹212 crore approved for the Safe City project to enhance law and order.

Once installed, the authority will hand over the electronic-surveillance project to police through a control room to be set up in Sector 94. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 06:30 AM IST

Yeida approves 9,992 cr budget for fiscal 2024-25; land allotment rates hiked

Yeida has doubled the budget approval for the 2024-25 financial year because it needs to develop at least 10 new sectors, in proximity to the upcoming airport

The Yeida has also decided to increase the land allotment rate by 5.14% in all categories of land such as residential, commercial, institutional and mixed land use, said officials. This means that Yeida will increase the rate at which the authority sells its land to the allottees. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 05:00 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

Work on two more underpasses on Noida-Greater Noida e-way to begin soon

Once built, these underpasses will offer ease to commuters and also smoothen commuting on the Noida-Greater Expressway

These were five smaller underpasses on this expressway, but they could not handle the increased traffic load. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 12, 2024 05:16 AM IST
By, Noida

Noida authority to develop 64 water bodies in city

There are 732 old parks in the city and around 1,071 acres have been developed as green belt in the city along the city’s internal and key roads

The authority’s horticulture department is working on a project to develop four water bodies at present, and the work on the others is in the pipeline. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 06:42 AM IST
By, Noida

NCLAT orders Suraksha to start work on stuck Jaypee Wish Town

The NCLAT had directed the monitoring committee, which is handling the day-to-day work at present, to file a status report on the projects in Wish Town within two weeks

Homebuyers said construction is not being started at the site in Sector 128 because the state government has delayed approval for the resolution plan by Suraksha Group. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 08, 2024 06:08 AM IST
By, Noida

Greater Noida homebuyers protest over seven-year delay in handing over flats

The project was supposed to have approximately 450 flats of 2BHK and 3BHK in 14 towers, besides 250 villas, to be delivered in three phases

Real estate firm Royalgolf Link City Projects Private Limited launched this housing project on 100 acres in 2015-16, promising completion and delivery in three-and-a-half years. However, despite the seven-year wait, the developer is yet to deliver any units to buyers. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 07:32 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

UP cabinet approves Film City developer, CM likely to lay foundation stone

Yeida has installed at least 1,400 pillars and carried out wire fencing around 1,000 acres in Sector 21 earmarked for Film City, near the Jewar airport

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath may lay the foundation stone of the Film City project any time before the model code of conduct for 2024 Lok Sabha elections comes into effect in the coming weeks, said state officials. (NT Archive)
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 07:24 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

Fresh tenders floated for Chilla elevated road

In its earlier tender, the UPSBCL had failed to select a contractor because only two companies placed bids

The elevated road, spanning 5.96km, will have six lanes, and once ready, will allow congestion-free travel between Akshardham, Mayur Vihar, Noida, Pari Chowk, Kalindi Kunj, and Sarita Vihar. However, in 2020, the Noida authority halted work on the project over funding issues, which they said have been resolved. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 06:28 AM IST
By, Noida

Homebuyers to get interest waivers on flat cost payment delays during Covid-19

Yeida has asked realtors not to levy any penalty on homebuyers for the delay in payment against the apartment cost for two years of COVID-19

There are at least 10,000 apartment buyers, who are awaiting their registries since the past many years in a total of nine housing projects located along the Yamuna Expressway. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 06:10 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

GB Nagar set to acquire 600 acres for Sector 10 industrial hubs

Sector 10 is slated to have five industrial parks -- a plastic processing park, footwear park, handicrafts park, electric vehicle park and transport hub

The land is to be acquired for development of industrial areas near the upcoming greenfield Noida international airport in Jewar, along the Yamuna Expressway. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 07:20 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

Yeida begins work on Fintech City DPR, ropes in consultant

Yeida has chosen Cushman & Wakefield to prepare a detailed project report for the Fintech City in Greater Noida, aiming to attract financial institutions and promote innovation.

File Photo-Greater Noida , India – May 01: The Yamuna Expressway industrial development authority (YEIDA) on Sunday said that it is planning to develop a Film City project on 250 acres of land ,in Greater Noida , India , on Sunday, May 01,2013. ( Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times ) (Story by Vinod Rajput)
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 07:06 AM IST

Yeida to issue registry permission for 10k apartments

Once realtors pay dues and process formalities, Yeida will begin setting up camps in the housing projects so that the buyers can execute their registries

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, under his government’s campaign to address homebuyers’ plight, had okayed a “stalled legacy housing project” in December, 2023, offering waivers on interest and penalties. (Sunil Ghosh /HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 06:36 AM IST

Greater Noida authority okays 4,859 cr budget for development projects

The authority has decided to spend ₹1,250 crore on developmental and construction work, ₹1,200 crore on land acquisition to pay funds to farmers, whose land is to be acquired, ₹120 crore on internal maintenance work in sectors, and ₹110 crore on outer main roads and public spaces

The budget and other decisions were taken during the board meeting organised in Sector Knowledge Park-IV office in Greater Noida, under the chairmanship of state’s additional chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 06:06 AM IST
By, Greater Noida

Registry camp for flat owners begins in Noida’s Sector 77

The authority decided to organise the camps for homebuyers, whose registry has been delayed by several years -- some of them for more than ten years -- because realtors failed to clear dues they owed to the authority. Without clearing the land cost dues, registry or sub-lease deed was legally not possible

The camp organised by Noida authority and the Uttar Pradesh stamp and registration department at an apartment complex in Sector 77. The camp was held after realtors came forward to clear their land dues, the non-payment of which has delayed registries by several years. (Sunil Ghosh /HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 05:44 AM IST
By, Noida

Greater Noida comes up with commercial plot scheme; Offers floor area ratio of 4

The reserve price of these plots is ₹1,134 crore. These plots range in size from 2,313 square metres to 12,000 square metres, said Noida authority officials

Four plots are in Sector 10, six in Sector 12, one each in Alpha Two, Ecotech 12 and Techzone, and five in Delta Two, said a Greater Noida authority official. (HT Archive)
Published on Feb 29, 2024 11:47 PM IST
By, Greater Noida
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