Illegal structures to be contained in New Noida

Noida authority chief executive officer Lokesh M and Bulandshahr district magistrate CP Singh met on Thursday to discuss issues related to the development of New Noida city spread over 20,000 hectares in both Gautam Budh Nagar and Bulandshahr districts.

- Vinod Rajput

NOIDA:

The meeting was held in the Sector 6 office and officials discussed the land rates prevalent in Bulandshahr so that agricultural land needed for setting up the new city can be directly purchased from land owners. But before that can happen, officials have decided that illegal constructions must first be contained in the notified area.

The new town will come up on land from 80 villages located in the districts of Gautam Budh Nagar (20 villages) and Bulandshahr (60 villages).

New Noida area will be equal to Noida's existing developed area, said officials. The Noida authority and the Bulandshahr district administration will soon finalize and announce the new rates at which the land will be bought from the land owners so that the process of development can pick up pace, said officials.