APPROVAL
roopinder singh
GREATER NOIDA: In yet another step towards resolving the Noida Extension crisis, the Uttar Pradesh government has signed the improvised Greater Noida Master Plan 2021.The master plan is due for approval by the NCR Planning Board, but that is possible only when the concerned files reach the Board after being approved by the state administration.
The statutory committee of the planning board had approved the Master Plan 2021 on June 28. However, it required the signature of three members of the UP government before it could be forwarded for the Board's final approval. According to sources, while the files were sent to the government in the first week of July, they were stuck until now as one of the three members had raised some objections. The files will now be presented before the Board and senior officials said that the approval is likely to be given by the month end.
Meanwhile, even as the Greater Noida Authority is leaving no stone unturned in resolving the Noida Extension land row, there seems to be no end to the troubles of Noida Extension homebuyers. Buyers, who have booked their flats in the area, allege that several developers have been sending them demand letters and cancellation letters for "flimsy reasons."
"As the approval of Master Plan 2021 is about to come through very soon, some developers have begun arm-twisting buyers by raising unethical demands. The developers are now offering us refund cheques, fudging numbers and claiming that we have not paid a part of the due instalments," said Abhishek Kumar, an office bearer of a buyers' body.
Buyers have now decided to gather at the Noida Extension roundabout on August 12 with their consolidated grievances to demand a set of clear guidelines from the developers to seek a way out of the impasse.
ROOPINDER SINGH
New Delhi