Noida Sep 29 PTI The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority GNIDA on Wednesday said it has expedited the process for lease back of land of 1451 villagers in Greater Noida as it received a go-ahead from the Uttar Pradesh government GNIDA CEO Narendra Bhooshan said the state government had formed a Special Investigation Team SIT to ascertain the ownership claims on the land parcels which had been notified by the authority for acquisition On the basis of SITs report the government has given permission to the GNIDA to lease back the abaadi land to 1451 farmers These farmers had been demanding from the authority for a long time to lease back the population Bhooshan said The authority had also been advocating in the favour of the villagers At present lease back will be done in the name of 1451 farmers The SIT has sought the district administrations report on the claims of the remaining 533 villagers over the issue Once that is done the government would take a decision on their claims too he said The senior officer said the GNIDA has expedited work for leasing back the abaadi land to the 1451 villagers and urged the rightful owners to follow the set procedures to complete the process without difficulty According to people privy to the conflict around 2000 people from over 40 villages in Greater Noida had been protesting against the incorrect acquisition of their abaadi land around 2010 and 2011 Several of them had also moved the Allahabad High Court over the years to retain the ownership of their land in these villages The UP government had formed a special investigation team SIT to probe the legal ownership of the land which had been acquired as some abaadi areas were also wrongly notified for acquisition leading to a situation of conflict between the villagers and GNIDA they said The SIT was formed and probe done amid claims that over the years many native villagers had sold their land to outsiders who were getting the lease back benefit instead of the original owners they added PTI KIS AQS AQS

Noida Sep 29 PTI The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority GNIDA on Wednesday said it has removed a mobile phone tower that was being installed on the roof of a house in a village in Greater Noida without due approvals The action has been taken in pursuance of an order of the Allahabad High Court the GNIDA said warning people against violating guidelines on installation of mobile phone towers without its approval The tower was being installed in Khedi village without permission Some nearby residents had petitioned the High Court seeking the removal of the tower from the residential area GNIDA CEO Narendra Bhooshan said Acting on the order of the court the team of Work Circle 2 of Greater Noida Authority has removed the mobile tower Bhooshan said Officials said permission to install a mobile tower in Greater Noida has to be taken from the local authority and there are certain criteria and a fixed fee on the basis of which approval is granted Like such installations can only be made in certain areas and against Rs 1 lakh fee to be paid by the applicant to the GNIDA If the tower has already been installed and permission sought later then Rs 15 lakh fee would be charged the officials said Mobile phone towers can be allowed only on buildings located in community centres shopping centres commercial institutional and industrial sectors green belts etc as decided by the Planning Department and are not allowed on residential buildings GNIDA said PTI KIS AQS AQS