Upholds Allahabad HC verdict; directs GNIDA to hand over land to villagers
Around 20,000 people who bought apartments in Noida Extension near Delhi are likely to be impacted by the Supreme Court
What farmers get are lathis and litigation, observes Justice Ganguly
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over misuse of the Land Acquisition Act, a colonial law, by all States to acquire land from farmers for development in the guise of a
Tribals continue to be at the highest risk of eviction as their regions have the largest number of pending development programmes. And tbey suffer the most even when it comes to land-to-land compensation package. But the new land acquisition bill won’t bring relief to tribals says Richard Mohapatra.
The work for procuring and distributing the Ganga water in the city has finally been begun by the Greater Noida Authority. The Authority will begin mixing 85 cusecs of Ganga water with groundwater across the city by 2012. The project will cost Rs 300 crore.
According to GNIDA sources, "Groundwater will be enough for the estimated population of 12 lakh by 2021.
Noida-Agra in 90 minutes
By December this year, all it would take you to reach Agra from Noida will be just 90 minutes, because the Yamuna Expressway is going to be completed two years earlier than the scheduled date of November 2013.
From December, vehicles are expected to zoom on 100-metre wide, six-lane Yamuna Expressway, at a speed of 120 km/hour on the 165-km-long expressway.
