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TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: To improve the connectivity between Delhi and parts of Ghaziabad and Noida, the highways ministry has now sanctioned the widening of the 20-km stretch of NH-24. The existing 4-lane stretch between Uttar Pradesh border and Dasna will be widened to six lanes. The project will cost Rs 128 crore, according to an official document issued by the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH). The stretch will get five underpasses and 23 existing culverts will be widened. The document states that the government took this decision in response to the persistent demands of residents of Ghaziabad, Noida and Indirapuram, besides public representatives and media persons. Officials said the work would be awarded soon so that the task of widening starts at the earliest. The 8-laning work, which is already underway on the 8-km stretch between Nizamuddin bridge and Ghaziabad border is expected to complete by the end of this year. Presently, the 4-laned road from Gh

Faced with protests by farmers demanding higher compensation for land acquired for a township along the Taj Expressway, the Mayawati government on Tuesday decided to hike the price offered to them by 20 per cent at Rs 570 per square metre. A team of top state officials led by state cabinet secretary Sashankh Sekhar Singh and some senior ministers of the Mayawati government held parleys with farmer leader Ram Babu Kateria at the Aligarh airstrip in the early hours on Tuesday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Aligarh, Satender Veer Singh said that "The package offered by the state government includes the provision of raising the compensation price offered to the farmers to Rs 570 per square metre (about 20 per cent higher than the earlier price)". It is expected that the farmer leaders will place this offer before the kisan panchayat at the dharna site at village Jikarpur and seek its "ratification". Kateria, who is under arrest, is expected to be produced befo

"Blood Spilis On Maya's Yamuna Expressway As Farmer Protest Poor Compensation" It was a bloody Independence Day in several villages of Uttar Pradesh. Hundreds of farmers fought pitched battles with the state police over poor compensation for land acquired for the Yamuna Expressway -- chief minister Mayawati's prestige highway project. At least three farmers were killed in police firing while an officer of the Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC) was beaten to death by an angry mob in clashes that began on Saturday evening. One of the victims of police firing was 13- yearold school student Prashant Sharma. The others have been identified as 25- year- old Dharmendra Singh and 26- year- old Anil Kumar. The PAC man killed was Vijendra Singh. Zikarpur in Mathura and five neighbouring villages of Tappal, Kansera, Jahangarh, Udaipur and Kirpalpur on the Aligarh- Palwal highway have become the centre of the farmers' protest for close to three weeks. The farmers

With a slew of launches in the affordable housing category last year, home buyers now flooded with options to choose from. And with your cellphone buzzing every hour with advertisement of a new housing project, you tend to give in to an attractive offer which may not really suit your needs. Deepak Srivastava, an information technology professional working with a Gurgaon-based firm, fell in for one such deal. The price range was well within his reach and a slight agent push, Srivastava didn't think twice before booking a residential project in Noida. One month down the line, he realized the apartment he had booked, though affordable, was too small to serve any purpose once his family and assets grew. At this stage, he regretted not stretching a bit and booking a bigger apartment instead. Srivastava's case is not an isolated one. A lot of people may want to cancel a booking done in haste for one reason or the other. Though there is a provision for cancellation, the procedure is

फ्लैट बेचने के लिए अपने प्रोजेक्ट्स नोएडा एक्सटेंशन में दिखाने वाले बिल्डरों को यह नाम भारी पड़ सकता है। ऐसा करने वाले बिल्डरों के खिलाफ ग्रेटर नोएडा अथॉरिटी के सीईओ ने नोटिस देने के निर्देश दिए हैं। ग्रेटर नोएडा अथॉरिटी ने अपनी एरिया में बिसरख के निकट बिल्डर स्कीम लॉन्च की थी। बिल्डर्स ने अपना प्रोजेक्ट बेचने के लिए इसका नाम ग्रेटर नोएडा के बजाय नोएडा एक्सटेंशन रख दिया। नोएडा के नाम पर स्कीम हाथों हाथ ली गई। अब भी इसके विज्ञापन किए जा रहे हैं। अब ग्रेटर नोएडा स्थित स्कीम को नोएडा के नाम पर बेचने को ग्रेटर नोएडा अथॉरिटी ने गंभीरता से लिया है। अथॉरिटी के सीईओ रमा रमन ने बिल्डरों को नोटिस देने के निर्देश दिए हैं। सीईओ ने बताया कि अगर अथॉरिटी बिल्डर्स के जवाब से संतुष्ट नहीं हुई तो यह नाम बदलना पड़ेगा। दोषी लोगों के खिलाफ कार्रवाई भी की जाएगी। सीईओ ने सुत्याना के निकट डिवाइडर को तोड़कर फिर से निर्माण करने के मामले की भी जांच के निर्देश दिए हैं। यहां डिवाइडर के पत्थरों को जेसीबी से हटाकर फिर से नए सिरे से लगाया जा रहा है। इसे करोड़ों रुपये खर्च कर करीब एक साल पहले ही बनाया गया था। S

The government finally seems to have responded to the pleas of residents to ease traffic problems. Soon, NH 24, 58 and 91 will be broadened and around five underpasses will be built to ease traffic flow for vehicles moving from Noida, Indirapuram (Trans Hindon), Delhi and vice versa. Also, work on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi Merut Expressway will begin soon. In a meeting held on Saturday last, the Kendriya Path Parivahan and Brahma Dutt, secretary of National Highway Ministry took a few important decisions to make traffic smooth in the long run. DM, Hardesh Kumar informed the media about the important decision taken in the meeting. He informed that an eight-lane expressway would be constructed right from Delhi-Nizamuddin to Meerut. There will be traffic movement restrictions and two exit and entry points at Modinagar and Bulandshahr (NH 91). NH 24 will be converted into eight-lane expressway till Dasna along with five underpasses between Noida and Indirapuram. For t

Now, property owners in Ghaziabad will have to shell out more money to get their houses registered. In a late night meeting on Saturday, the Ghaziabad Development Authority revised the circle rates, increasing it by 10-20 per cent. In Kaushambi, the present rate of Rs 40,000 per sq m has been revised to 45,000 per sq m. In Indirapuram, Ramprastha and Chandra Nagar the new rate is Rs 40,000 sq m; up from the earlier 35,000 per sq m. In Vasundhara, the present rate of Rs 26-28,000 per sq m has been hiked to Rs 28-30,000 per sq m. In Raj Nagar, the present rate of Rs 18-25,000 per sq m has been revised to Rs 2430,000 per sq m. In Lohia Nagar rates went up from Rs 20,000 to Rs 24,000. In Vijay Nagar, the existing rate of Rs 16-25,000 per sq m will be revised to Rs 16-26,000 per sq m. In Kavi Nagar, 2330,000 will go up to 24-32,000. In Nehru Nagar, the rate of Rs 2228,000 per sq m will go up to Rs 2428,000 per sq m. In Gobindpuram, 18,000 will go up to 20,000. Brij Vihar will be