Land transfer for Agra Metro project okayed

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved proposals for the transfer of land for the first and second phases of the Agra Metro rail project.

- Press Trust of India

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved 19 proposals, including decisions related to agriculture, healthcare, industry and infrastructure.

Finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna told reporters that wheat procurement will take place in the state from March 17 to June 15 at the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,425 per quintal, as announced by the Centre.

A total of 6,500 procurement centres will be set up across the state by eight agencies, including the food and civil supplies department.

The cabinet also approved the free transfer of 14.05 acres of land from the Ballia district jail to the medical education department for establishing a medical college.

Of this, 12.39 acres will be used for the college, while two acres will be developed into a memorial for freedom fighter Chittu Pandey, after whom the college may be named, he said.

In another decision, 4,570 square metres of land from the Government Agricultural School in Bulandshahr's Balipura village will be transferred free of cost to the medical education department for establishing a nursing college.