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Vinod Rajput

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.

Articles by Vinod Rajput

Cameras to help combat roadside parking in Noida

Live videography and photography will be done to monitor areas and stop parking on roads, which leads to traffic congestion

A major reason for clogged traffic in Noida is parking on the roads instead of in garages or designated spaces.(HT Photo)
Published on Jul 26, 2016 01:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Yeida ACEO averts protest, assures buyers possession

Over 50 protestors who had been allotted plots in Sector 18 and 20 six years ago visited the Yamuna expressway industrial development authority (Yeida) office in Greater Noida on Friday morning demanding possession.

Buyers who had been allotted plots by the Yamuna expressway authority six years ago are yet to get them.(HT File)
Published on Jul 23, 2016 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida

Nays to rate hike start coming in from Noida

The Gautam Budh Nagar stamp and registration department has started getting objections against the proposal to hike circle rates up to 25%. Three parties have already filed their objections so far.

Realtors and residents in Noida and Greater Noida can submit their responses to the proposed circle rate hike till July 25.(Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Published on Jul 23, 2016 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Alert sounded in Noida over Yamuna water level

The district administration sounded an alert in its areas falling along the Yamuna

Yamuna’s water level has touched 204.22 metres, which is considered a warning sign.(Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 22, 2016 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Gopichand to train kids in badminton at Greater Noida stadium

The coaching classes will begin from October at the Greater Noida stadium, which has been developed at a cost of Rs 130 crore.

The Greater Noida authority on Wednesday signed Memorandum of Understanding with the national badminton coach and Dronacharya awardee Pullela Gopichand for badminton classes in the city.(HT File Photo)
Published on Jul 21, 2016 12:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida

Will protect home buyers’ interests, says new Noida chairman Pravir Kumar

Pravir Kumar, a 1982 batch Indian Administration Service (IAS) officer, replaced Rama Raman as the new chairman of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority on Wednesday.

Pravir Kumar addresses the media after taking charge as the new chairman of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority authorities on Wednesday.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 21, 2016 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Admin proposes 15% to 25% circle rate hike in Noida, Yamuna expressway

The Gautam Budh Nagar administration on Wednesday proposed a 15% to 25 % hike in circle rates in Noida and Yamuna Expressway areas. Circle rates for Greater Noida will not be increased, giving some relief to home buyers.

In Noida and Yamuna Expressway areas, circle rates for institutional property is proposed to be hiked up to 25%. For residential property, it will be hiked up to 15%.(HT File)
Updated on Jul 21, 2016 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Nodia

This wrestler from Greater Noida fights to empower women

In 1992, wrestler Babita Nagar was the first girl in her village Sadullapur in Greater Noida to take up wrestling against the wishes of her family and village elders.

Commonwealth championship (2005) silver medalist wrestler Babita Nagar, coaches 40 rural girls for free in her field in Greater Noida’s Sadullapur village.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 25, 2016 01:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida

Noida-G Noida metro link awaits green clearance

A team of the Delhi and Noida metro rail corporations on Tuesday made a presentation before the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) in Lucknow to obtain clearances for beginning the 30-km Noida-Greater Noida metro project.

The Delhi and Noida metro corporations are obtaining environment clearance after an NGT order.(Burhaan Kinu/HT)
Updated on Jul 19, 2016 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Authority to build elevated road to decongest Sector 18

The Noida authority on Tuesday said that it has decided to build a 600-metre elevated road to connect Sector 18 -- the city’s busiest commercial hub -- with Master Plan-II Road in front of The Greater India Place (TGIP) Mall.

The new elevated road will provide an alternative route for commuters, who usually get stuck at the U-turn near the Sector 18 underpass while going towards The Great India Place.(Burhaan Kinu/HT)
Updated on Jul 19, 2016 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Noida: Sector 121 residents demand shifting of foot over bridge

Residents of Sector 121 have demanded shifting of the foot overbridge in the sector to a suitable location in a residential area where it can be used by people.

Built at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, the foot overbridge presently connects two vacant fields at an isolated place, rendering it useless for pedestrians.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Published on Jul 19, 2016 01:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAbhishek Anand & Vinod Rajput, Noida

Noida Authority to close T-point in Sec 61, create two U-turns to address snarls

The Noida authority on Monday said it has decided to close a T-point near Shopprix Mall in Sector 61 to clear the congestion inconveniencing commuters.

The Noida authority said it has decided to close a T-point near Shopprix Mall in Sector 61 to clear the congestion inconveniencing commuters.(Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)
Published on Jul 19, 2016 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Five years on, authority still building 300-metre road in Noida village

Villagers of Sorkha village have been waiting for five years for the Noida authority to complete a 300-metre stretch that would complete an 8km periphery road around the village.

The authority had built the peripheral road in 2011, except for the 300-metre stretch that is still incomplete.(Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 16, 2016 02:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

SC sends Noida group housing land dispute case back to high court for hearing

The Noida authority on Friday said that the Supreme Court has asked all parties – builders and farmers – to go to Allahabad high court again for a land dispute regarding 2,530 square metres (sqm) of land that is part of nearly 20,000 sqm of residential land on which Civitech Developers has developed 540 housing units.

Many homebuyers have already shifted to their houses in the project located on the disputed land in Sector 77.(Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 16, 2016 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

G Noida starts work on 6.5-km cycle track with a scenic view

The Greater Noida authority on Thursday said it has started work on a 6.5-km cycle track project that is to be constructed along a green belt. The cycle track will connect Greater Noida’s LG traffic intersection (near the district magistrate’s office) to Gautam Buddha University, along Yamuna Expressway.

The cycle track will connect Greater Noida’s LG traffic intersection (near the district magistrate’s office) to Gautam Buddha University, along Yamuna Expressway.
Updated on Jul 15, 2016 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida

Greater Noida set to make 1.5-km stretch pedestrian friendly

The Greater Noida authority on Wednesday said that it has decided to turn a 1.5-km stretch of road in the city pedestrian friendly. If successful, the authority will replicate the model on other roads too.

In the absence of proper walkways, pedestrians end up walking on busy roads amidst traffic.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jul 14, 2016 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida

Noida authority to open Model Town underpass on August 15

The Noida authority on Tuesday said the Model Town underpass on NH-24 will be opened for motorists on August 15. Officials said that the authority has completed around 90% work on the underpass.

Officials say 90% of the work is completed.(Sunil Ghosh/HT)
Updated on Jul 13, 2016 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Noida authority to fast track work on realty projects in Sector 107

A day after Allahabad high court lifted the stay over four group housing projects in Sector 107, the Noida authority on Tuesday said it will ensure that the realtors expedite work and deliver the flats without further delay.

Allahabad high court on June 30, 2014 had ordered a stay on construction of group housing projects --Amrapali Heart Beat City, Lotus 300, Greater Value Sharnam and Sunworld Vanalika.(Sunil Ghosh/HT)
Updated on Jul 13, 2016 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

UP plantation drive: Most saplings may not make it to trees

Activists have raised concerns about the poor survival rate of saplings after drives such as the state’s recent 24-hour plantation drive

Despite regular plantation drives, data shows that the forest cover of Ghaziabad district has shrunk from 116 sq km in 2001 to 49 sq km in 2015.(Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 12, 2016 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByPeeyush Khandelwal and Vinod Rajput, Ghaziabad/noida

More lanes to be opened on Greater Noida bridge to decongest traffic

In an effort to decongest Greater Noida West’s busiest traffic intersection -- Kisan Chowk -- the Greater Noida authority is set to open two lanes of a widened bridge across Hindon on August 15.

Two of the lanes are to be opened in August.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 09, 2016 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Greater Noida street vendors to get kiosks of same colour

The Greater Noida authority on Friday said that it has decided to relocate 300 unauthorised street vendors, carts and food vans operating along roadsides. They will be allotted kiosks soon elsewhere.

A survey conducted by the authority identified 300 street vendors, carts and food vans across the city.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Published on Jul 08, 2016 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida

Panic after cobra spotted in Noida housing colony

A cobra was spotted in Stellar Greens housing complex in Sector 44 on Monday, following which residents are refraining from visiting the society park.

The cobra was spotted on Monday, but has not been captured yet.(Picture for representative purpose only)
Published on Jul 08, 2016 01:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Seven infra projects deferred to fund 30-km Noida metro

Rs 3000 crore earmarked for seven infrastructure projects will be spent on the Noida-Greater Noida Metro project.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 08, 2016 01:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Environmental clearance must for railway projects, says NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has made it mandatory to obtain environmental clearances for Indian Railway projects before any work begins on the ground.

In a petition filed on May 3, 2016, Tongad alleged that the Indian Railways project of laying 140km new track from Noida in UP to Rewari in Haryana will affect the ecology of the area because the Hindon River’s 800-metre stretch in Noida is being averted without obtaining environmental clearance.(HT File Photo)
Published on Jul 06, 2016 10:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

New women’s hostel ready, Dalit applicants to be given priority

A state-of-the-art hostel building for women is set to be opened in Noida’s Sector 62 in October. The hostel will provide accommodation at economical rates to women who are working or pursuing higher studies in the city.

Officials said that the hostel, which is located in Sector 62, will have state-art-of-the-art facilities.(Burhaan Kinu/HT)
Updated on Jun 28, 2016 02:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Committee suggests steps to improve groundwater level

A Gautam Budh Nagar district committee suggested construction of water storage tanks, check dams along river Hindon and ponds, improvement of stormwater drain network and change in irrigation practice to conserve rainwater and stop depletion of the groundwater table in Greater Noida west.

Environmentalists said the committee should have suggested effective ways to conserve rainwater in realty projects as Greater Noida is a realty hub.(HT)
Updated on Jun 28, 2016 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Shipra Suncity residents protest police inaction

Around 150 residents of Shipra Suncity on Sunday took to the police post near the gate of the township to protest police inaction over recent series of burglaries and thefts in the area. Residents did not spare the private security agencies either. The protest took place around 6pm.

Around 150 residents went to the police post near the main gate of the township and demanded action.(HT Photo)
Published on Jun 26, 2016 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Ghaziabad

Faridabad-Ghaziabad e-way to be made a highway across NCR cities

The non-operational 43-km FNG Expressway will be converted into a national highway project.

The detailed project report is likely to be ready by the end of 2016 and work is expected to begin in the beginning of 2017.(Burhaan Kinu /HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 25, 2016 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Noida

Noida metro and industrial corridor issues resolved

Greater Noida and Delhi Mumbai industrial corridor development corporation officials held a meeting on Thursday evening.

Officials also discussed how the 30-km Noida to Greater Noida metro link will help industrial projects in the area.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jun 24, 2016 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Greater Noida
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