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
Published on Jul 26, 2016 01:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 23, 2016 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 23, 2016 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, Noida
Alert sounded in Noida over Yamuna water level
The district administration sounded an alert in its areas falling along the Yamuna
Updated on Jul 22, 2016 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 21, 2016 12:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 21, 2016 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 21, 2016 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 25, 2016 01:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 19, 2016 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 19, 2016 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 19, 2016 01:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Noida
Abhishek Anand & Vinod RajputNoida 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.
Published on Jul 19, 2016 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 16, 2016 02:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 16, 2016 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 15, 2016 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 14, 2016 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 13, 2016 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jul 13, 2016 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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
Updated on Jul 12, 2016 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Ghaziabad/noida
Peeyush Khandelwal and Vinod RajputMore 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.
Updated on Jul 09, 2016 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 08, 2016 11:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 08, 2016 01:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, Noida
Seven infra projects deferred to fund 30-km Noida metro
Updated on Jul 08, 2016 01:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jul 06, 2016 10:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jun 28, 2016 02:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jun 28, 2016 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Published on Jun 26, 2016 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, 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.
Updated on Jun 25, 2016 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, Noida
Noida metro and industrial corridor issues resolved
Greater Noida and Delhi Mumbai industrial corridor development corporation officials held a meeting on Thursday evening.
Updated on Jun 24, 2016 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vinod Rajput, Greater Noida