UP refuses land for Metro project

  • 15/05/2006

UP has put a spanner in the Metro line going to Noida, Uttar Pradesh After acting tough on water for Sonia Vihar and land for Commonwealth Games Village, UP is now refusing to part with 14 hectares of land required by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for its work on the banks of Yamuna. Despite repeated requests by DMRC since October, UP irrigation department is not moving ahead the proposal. DMRC requires this land to develop a station, a depot and line alignment near Yamuna. The problem does not end here. According to sources, UP has made it clear that even if it agrees to give the land, it will charge commercial and institutional rates from DMRC. Usually, development projects undertaken by the government are given land on concession rates.