Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Tyagi Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/04/2024. The applicant has raised a grievance that unauthorized and illegal construction of houses, shops and other commercial establishments on a large scale are in progress in Greater Noida and Noida …
In a setback to the Mayawati government and thousands of apartment buyers, the Allahabad High Court on Friday set aside acquisition of land in three villages of Noida, Greater Noida and Noida Extension areas while ordering enhanced compensation to farmers of some other villages in Gautam Budh Nagar district. The …
In a setback to the Mayawati government and thousands of apartment buyers, Allahabad High Court today set aside acquisition of land in three villages of Noida, Greater Noida and Noida Extension areas while ordering enhanced compensation to farmers of some other villages in Gautam Budh Nagar district. The order was …
The Allahabad High Court has quashed acquisition of land in three villages of Gautam Buddh Nagar district. It has further directed that affected farmers of other adjoining villages be given higher compensation. For most buyers, the order ends the uncertainty over fate of the housing projects in the area. The …
Delhi/ Mumbai: The urban agglomeration of Delhi has for the first time overtaken that of Mumbai, a TOI analysis of census data just released shows. Close to 22 million people now live in Delhi’s extended urban sprawl, while Mumbai is home to close to 20 million. The census defines an …
A Day ahead of Mayawati’s visit to Noida, farmer leaders of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (KSS) drafted a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister — listing 21 demands of the farmers. The Samiti intends to hand over the letter to Mayawati at the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, which is …
Responding to a demand by farmers to exempt the inhabited (abadi) areas of villages from acquisition, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to regularise up to 3,000 square metres of such land of each family in Greater Noida area, and up to 5,000 square metres of each family in areas …
JAIPUR: With the land space shrinking and availability of land for independent houses facing a huge shortage, the state government has decided to switch to group housing schemes and flats for the residents. The Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) already adopted the concept and out of four schemes recently proposed in …
Farmers from Sorkha and six other villages halted construction activities in projects across Noida on Monday, stating that the Authority had not resolved land issues in the region despite the lapsing of a 10-day period sought by it. On September 21, the Noida Authority had arrived at an agreement with …
Hot on the heels of a sharp increase in petrol prices, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices were hiked by Rs. 2 per kg on Friday, mainly on account of a fall in the rupee value against the US dollar, pushing up the cost of inputs. Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the …
It was a meeting which promised to draw the final curtain on land acquisition for the MIHAN special economic zone (SEZ) in Nagpur, Maharashtra. But it led to another round of conflict between residents and authorities, belying official claims that the problem, hanging fire for the past several years, has …
New Delhi: Another proposal to usurp a substantial part of the Yamuna floodplain has raised the hackles of environmentalists. An RTI query has revealed Noida Authority is planning to build an embankment on the left bank of the Yamuna, stretching from NH-24 to the Chilla Regulator. While the proposal to …
NOIDA: The water supply in the city is expected to improve after the Noida Jal Board on Monday commissioned a new underground reservoir in sector 63 with a capacity of 1,500 kilolitres. "This reservoir will supply water exclusively for residents of Bahlolpur, a village near sector 63," said an official. …
After a day of heavy-duty negotiations between the Noida Authority and farmer leaders on Monday, they still do not seem to have arrived at a compromise on the issue of abadi (residential) land regularisation. The farmers have said that no agreement has been reached in this regard, and their agitation …
The Government has approved 20 new highway and housing projects at a total investment of Rs 14,538 crore. Approval for the projects proposed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), respectively, was given by a Finance Ministry panel. “The 46th Public-Private Partnership …
A three-Judge bench of the Allahabad High Court, specially constituted to hear the land acquisition cases of Noida and Greater Noida, began its day-to-day hearing on Monday. The court has asked the petitioners to file detailed and specific affidavits regarding compensation so that the respondents — the Noida and Greater …
In the wake of demands by farmers that inhabited areas of villages, commonly known as ‘abadi land’, should be exempted from acquisition, the UP government is planning to bring a uniform policy for Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. All three authorities have been asked to …
With Greater Noida Authority chasing another court date of September 12, officials are going out of their way to settle the ongoing land acquisition row. Roping in builders whose projects have been stalled in Noida Extension, the Authority has worked out yet another formula to woo the disgruntled farmers. Builders …
The farmers of about a dozen villages of Greater Noida and Ghaziabad areas organised a grand meeting (Maha-Panchayat) and passed a resolution to organise a dharna at the Municipal Council Ghaziabad to protest the forthcoming project of dumping ground in village Doondahera. Farmer leader Satyapal Chaudhary said a dumping ground …
Households using piped natural gas (PNG) in NCT of Delhi will have to shell out Rs 3 for every standard cubic metre (scm) consumed from Thursday. Indraprastha Gas Ltd has announced the new consumer price of PNG to the households in Delhi is being revised to Rs 22 a scm …
On petitions filed by farmers The Allahabad High Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh Government and the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority to file their counter-affidavits on hundreds of petitions filed by Gautam Buddh Nagar district farmers who have challenged acquisition of more than 3,000 hectares of land for …
