UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav plans mega push for Noida, Greater Noida

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav plans mega push for Noida, Greater Noida


Putting to rest murmurs about the 'neglect' of Noida and Greater Noida under the new regime, UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will on Tuesday give a turbo boost to development in the twin districts, launching projects worth Rs 3,337 crore.

The bounty includes two new affordable housing projects for Noida and Greater Noida, a state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant, two power generation units, a government inter college for girls, construction orders for a medical university promised last year and a 200-bed district hospital with a trauma centre.

The announcements possibly signal an end to the cycle of development and neglect in Noida/Greater Noida — depending on which party came to power in Lucknow. In 2004, former CM Mulayam Singh Yadav had dissolved the Gautam Budh Nagar district, formed in June 1997 by Mayawati, and stalled several projects. After the Samajwadi Party came to power in March 2012, it was believed that most of Mayawati's real estate and development projects in the area would be targeted by the new government.

Though one such land-grab scam, of illegal distribution and sale of farmhouses in Noida, is being investigated by the Lok Ayukta, Akhilesh has, so far, left untouched all existing projects that could affect consumers.

The development plan includes projects which will improve connectivity and alleviate power and water problems, besides providing a host of other facilities.


To meet the growing demand for housing, the government has approved a residential project for the Greater Noida Authority that will build 7,200 'affordable' flats in ground-plus-three format in Sector 10. Each flat will be built over 29.76 square metres. Akhilesh will also lay the foundation stone of 4,425 affordable homes in Sector 18 of Greater Noida, each priced at Rs 7.75 lakh.

Four-laned underpasses have been proposed at sectors 32, 35, 39 and 51, and will be built parallel to the Metro line. The government will also build a seven-metre clover leaf on the proposed four-lane underpass on Master Plan road number 3 in sectors 94 and 95 for traffic travelling from Delhi to Sector 94 of Noida.

The proposed multi-level car parking at Noida's Sector 18, with a capacity to accommodate 3,085 cars, will be monitored by CCTV cameras and will have a battery-operated shuttle service to ferry car owners to nearby areas. More details here