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Vinod Rajput

Vinod Rajput writes on environment, infrastructure, real estate and government policies in Noida and Greater Noida. He has reported on environment and infrastructure in Delhi, Gurgaon and Panchkula in the past.

Articles by Vinod Rajput

Boney Kapoor inks pact for Film City with Yamuna authority

The Film City project is proposed to be built on 1,000 acres, with the first phase covering 230 acres, at a cost of ₹1,510 crore over eight years

The upcoming film city will be a one-stop shop for filmmakers worldwide, offering facilities at nearly half the cost as compared to other studios, said Kapoor. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 06:24 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Yeida cancels allotment of two real estate developers over pending dues

Yeida has decided to cancel land parcels allotted to realtors Supertech and Sunworld Infrastructure after the two failed to clear land cost dues

The board has also decided to construct an additional 30m wide and 8.25km long road between the greenfield airport and Yamuna Expressway. The board allowed the National Highways Authority of India to build this road and NHAI will spend <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>63 crore on this project. (HT Archive)

Noida

Updated on Jun 27, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Noida prepares ₹7,000 crore budget for board approval

As per tentative calculations, the authority will earmark around ₹1,200 crore for civil department, ₹100 crore for village development, ₹100 crore for horticulture department, ₹300 crore for maintenance work of civic services, ₹150 crore for water department, and ₹1,500 crore for land acquisition, among other allocations

Noida

Updated on Jun 26, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Construction agency selected for Chilla elevated road in Noida, work to begin soon

Once complete, the Chilla elevated road will offer a seamless ride to the thousands of commuters travelling between Delhi and Noida as commuters currently face inconvenience in travelling via Delhi-Noida link road that remains congested for most of the day

Noida

Updated on Jun 26, 2024 06:34 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

UP cabinet nod for Metro link from Botanical Garden to Noida’s Sector 142

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet's move to extend the Metro link will enhance connectivity with Delhi Metro and Noida's Aqua Line.

Noida

Updated on Jun 26, 2024 05:55 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Jewar airport to be delayed by 7 months: Officials

NIAL has informed the Uttar Pradesh government that about 78.11% work on Noida airport has been completed, but the project stands delayed.

Construction underway at the Noida airport site in Jewar. The airport is scheduled to open by end-2024. (PTI/Archive)

India News

Published on Jun 25, 2024 06:03 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Work progress slow, Noida airport deadline deferred to April 2025

The Yamuna International Airport Pvt Ltd (YIAPL), the concessionaire, has rescheduled the completion date from September 29, 2024, to April 2025

Noida

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Greater Noida authority to develop sports complex into ‘centre of excellence’

The sports complex was supposed to open for public in 2016 but the authority could not find a professional agency to run it

For the last many years, the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, has been out of bounds for visitors and professional sportspersons due to lack of maintenance, which is a challenge for the Greater Noida authority. (Sunil Sharma/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:16 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Noida authority sends notice to developers with pending projects in NCLT

The authority has given realtors 15 days to either get free from NCLT cases or they will not be able to use provisions of the state government policy, offering interest waivers

As per the norms of the state government policy, which was announced on December 21, 2023, if a company is facing trial in NCLT, it cannot take benefit of this policy. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 06:28 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

ATS, Supertech may lose group housing land near Noida airport

While ATS needs to pay ₹668 crore in dues to Yeida. Likewise, Supertech has failed to pay ₹677 crore to the authority, said officials

Noida

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 06:44 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

40km service road along Yamuna e-way to Noida airport stalled for want of land

The land for the road is yet to be acquired in many villages, including Dayanatpur and Sabota, among others, where farmers resisted the land acquisition many years ago on the grounds that they needed more money, said officials

Noida

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 06:34 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Land paucity delays infra projects, Noida to purchase land directly from farmers

The authority has built a bridge across river Hindon to boost connectivity but it is not being used by commuters because the authority is yet to build an approach road

The decision was taken on June 15 following site inspections by the authority’s additional chief executive officer along with circle officers, directing the staff to arrange the land to finish the pending work. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 18, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Insolvency process begins against Supertech Goup’s Supernova project in Noida

Supertech Group’s Supernova project in Noida has four towers -- Nova East, Nova West, Astralis, which are delivered; Spira is an under construction tower

NCLT has initiated corporate insolvency resolution process against Supertech Group’s subsidiary Supertech Realtors Private Limited, which is developing a commercial tower in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 15, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Multimodal cargo hub at Noida airport set to be ready by November-end

NIA had signed an agreement with AISATS for the development of the cargo hub in February 2024. This project includes integrated cargo terminal and a warehousing and logistics zone, said officials

Business development activities are also going on as multiple road shows were completed in May 2024, targeting international and domestic cargo agents, and airlines. Planned one-on-one meetings with MNC forwarders, shippers, original equipment manufacturers, and other stakeholders will take place from this month onwards for business tie-ups, said officials. (Representational Image)

Noida

Updated on Jun 13, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Yeida to prepare new guidelines for land allotment after M3M dispute

In the new rules, if a single bidder comes forward to buy a plot in an e-auction even after two rounds of tendering, the bid will be cancelled, YEIDA sources

Noida

Updated on Jun 12, 2024 06:22 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Noida authority allows construction to resume at M3M site

A team from the authority’s civil department, along with the police, had sealed the M3M Group’s construction site in Sector 72 and sealed the main gate of the property, citing violations in laid down rules of e-tendering

Noida

Updated on Jun 12, 2024 06:20 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Noida authority dumping treated water into drains, alleges activist

Senior Noida authority officials say that they do not waste the ground water for irrigation purposes due to having ample amount of treated wastewater for irrigation

The activist last week alleged that the treated water is wasted in place of getting reused, and precious ground water is being used for irrigation purposes in a misuse of the resource. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 11, 2024 06:54 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Noida: Realtors, buyers object to RERA’s occupancy certificate rule

Real estate developers and homebuyers have objected to UPRERA’s move of issuing the model format of offering possession

The occupancy certificate is applied and obtained only after the developer gets multiple non objection certificates including fire safety clearances, lift functional certificate, structure safety clearance and no dues certificate among others. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 10, 2024 06:58 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

G Noida: UP govt agrees to raise ₹80cr for 2025 edition of MotoGP Bharat

Fairstreet Sports has said they have paid some dues and the rest will be paid once the state releases the additional funds, and there’s no irregularity in the event organisation

According to an audit report by Yeida, Dorna Sports did not receive the entire <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>80 crore licensing fee for the 2023 event. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 08, 2024 05:12 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Noida to auction unsold units to recover dues from AIMS Max Gardenia

The two real estate projects in Noida are owned by a consortium formed by four promoters, who failed to utilise the policy announced by the UP govt last year

Noida

Updated on Jun 07, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Urban voters push BJP across the line in NCR

In Gautam Budh Nagar, voters helped re-elect incumbent MP Mahesh Sharma, with the BJP candidate winning by 559,472 votes — the largest margin in Uttar Pradesh

A man casts a vote at a polling booth inside Jaypee Wish Town in Noida Sector 128 on April 25. (Sunil Ghosh/HT photo)

Delhi

Updated on Jun 06, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByAbhishek Behl, Vinod Rajput, Peeyush Khandelwal

After several delays, Suraksha takes over debt-ridden Jaypee

Former JIL office-bearers, including managing director Manoj Gaur, have resigned their posts and vacated the office, making way for the new executive director Aalok Dave. Director Sudhir V Valia, promoter of Suraksha Realty and co-founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, has been appointed as non-executive director

The takeover has brought relief to at least 20,000 homebuyers who have been waiting for over a decade to get their homes. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 06, 2024 05:06 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Noida: Urban votes helped Mahesh Sharma post the highest winning margin in UP

Sharma’s is the highest winning margin in the state of Uttar Pradesh, while the second highest margin in the state, of 390,030 votes, was secured by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who contested from Rae Bareli

Noida

Published on Jun 05, 2024 10:59 PM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Noida authority seals two M3M construction sites for violations of tender rules

The move comes after the UP government cancelled allotment of two land parcels to M3M Group on the grounds that the allotment via e-tendering violated the laid down rules

The aim of the e-tender bidding is to allot a plot on a competitive bid but that did not happen in these two allotments. And the rule of net worth, insolvency and turnover was not followed, said the Noida authority in its cancellation letter. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:26 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Pay up or face action: Greater Noida authority to 21 realtors

The Greater Noida notice states that if realtors fail to turn up to apply for the waivers under the scheme and pay the dues, their allotment will be cancelled

The Uttar Pradesh government had on December 21, 2023, approved a policy for stalled legacy housing projects under which a realtor was offered interest waivers for two years of Covid-19 pandemic. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:22 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Ahead of counting, all candidates confident of winning GB Nagar seat

Parties said their agents for the counting day have been selected and directed to be present at Phool Mandi, well before the starting of counting at 8am

Noida

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:20 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

17,000 of Yeida’s 34,000 allottees yet to get possession

A YEIDA report has revealed that at least 17,000 of the total 34,000 plot allottees are without possession due to court disputes over land

Yeida has prepared the database to understand the issues related to each plot, so that it can address the matter and resolve the issues of the plot allottee. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 03, 2024 06:20 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Takeover issues resolved, work on stuck Jaypee projects set to resume soon

Suraksha Group is likely to take over JIL in the next couple of days because Yeida has decided not to challenge the order of the NCLAT court issued last week.

JIL’s day-to-day affairs are currently managed by the an implementation and monitoring committee (IMC) comprising officials of Suraksha, JIL, homebuyers and an interim resolution professional. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Jun 01, 2024 05:26 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

300 industrial units to become operational near Noida airport

Currently Vivo is making six crore (60 million) smartphones annually and it will create around 100,000 jobs in this region when it is able to operate at full capacity

Noida

Updated on May 31, 2024 06:38 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

UP revenue board holds meeting over farmers’ demands

After these four meetings, chairman Dube will prepare its report and submit the same before the UP government that will decide about the farmers’ demands

Noida

Updated on May 31, 2024 06:30 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

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Vinod Rajput

Vinod Rajput writes on environment, infrastructure, real estate and government policies in Noida and Greater Noida. He has reported on environment and infrastructure in Delhi, Gurgaon and Panchkula in the past.

The Film City project is proposed to be built on 1,000 acres, with the first phase covering 230 acres, at a cost of ₹1,510 crore over eight years

Yeida has decided to cancel land parcels allotted to realtors Supertech and Sunworld Infrastructure after the two failed to clear land cost dues

Once complete, the Chilla elevated road will offer a seamless ride to the thousands of commuters travelling between Delhi and Noida as commuters currently face inconvenience in travelling via Delhi-Noida link road that remains congested for most of the day

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet's move to extend the Metro link will enhance connectivity with Delhi Metro and Noida's Aqua Line.

NIAL has informed the Uttar Pradesh government that about 78.11% work on Noida airport has been completed, but the project stands delayed.

The Yamuna International Airport Pvt Ltd (YIAPL), the concessionaire, has rescheduled the completion date from September 29, 2024, to April 2025

The sports complex was supposed to open for public in 2016 but the authority could not find a professional agency to run it

The authority has given realtors 15 days to either get free from NCLT cases or they will not be able to use provisions of the state government policy, offering interest waivers

While ATS needs to pay ₹668 crore in dues to Yeida. Likewise, Supertech has failed to pay ₹677 crore to the authority, said officials

The land for the road is yet to be acquired in many villages, including Dayanatpur and Sabota, among others, where farmers resisted the land acquisition many years ago on the grounds that they needed more money, said officials

The authority has built a bridge across river Hindon to boost connectivity but it is not being used by commuters because the authority is yet to build an approach road

Supertech Group’s Supernova project in Noida has four towers -- Nova East, Nova West, Astralis, which are delivered; Spira is an under construction tower

NIA had signed an agreement with AISATS for the development of the cargo hub in February 2024. This project includes integrated cargo terminal and a warehousing and logistics zone, said officials

In the new rules, if a single bidder comes forward to buy a plot in an e-auction even after two rounds of tendering, the bid will be cancelled, YEIDA sources

A team from the authority’s civil department, along with the police, had sealed the M3M Group’s construction site in Sector 72 and sealed the main gate of the property, citing violations in laid down rules of e-tendering

Senior Noida authority officials say that they do not waste the ground water for irrigation purposes due to having ample amount of treated wastewater for irrigation

Real estate developers and homebuyers have objected to UPRERA’s move of issuing the model format of offering possession

Fairstreet Sports has said they have paid some dues and the rest will be paid once the state releases the additional funds, and there’s no irregularity in the event organisation

The two real estate projects in Noida are owned by a consortium formed by four promoters, who failed to utilise the policy announced by the UP govt last year

In Gautam Budh Nagar, voters helped re-elect incumbent MP Mahesh Sharma, with the BJP candidate winning by 559,472 votes — the largest margin in Uttar Pradesh

Sharma’s is the highest winning margin in the state of Uttar Pradesh, while the second highest margin in the state, of 390,030 votes, was secured by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who contested from Rae Bareli

The move comes after the UP government cancelled allotment of two land parcels to M3M Group on the grounds that the allotment via e-tendering violated the laid down rules

The Greater Noida notice states that if realtors fail to turn up to apply for the waivers under the scheme and pay the dues, their allotment will be cancelled

Parties said their agents for the counting day have been selected and directed to be present at Phool Mandi, well before the starting of counting at 8am

A YEIDA report has revealed that at least 17,000 of the total 34,000 plot allottees are without possession due to court disputes over land

Suraksha Group is likely to take over JIL in the next couple of days because Yeida has decided not to challenge the order of the NCLAT court issued last week.

Currently Vivo is making six crore (60 million) smartphones annually and it will create around 100,000 jobs in this region when it is able to operate at full capacity

After these four meetings, chairman Dube will prepare its report and submit the same before the UP government that will decide about the farmers’ demands

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