INTERESTING LAND ENCROACHMENT ARTICLE FROM 2007
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Encroachers eyeing land along Taj Expressway
Parmindar Singh
Greater Noida, August 29
The land sharks and realtors in the area are eyeing the land along Taj
Expressway. According to reports, encroachment and illegal
construction are proceeding apace along Taj Expressway as land sharks
know that the land in the area is going to be worth gold in the days
to come.
As for as the government and district administration are concerned,
there is scant security of land along 160 km Taj Expressway.
The realtors are buying land from farmers and feverishly constructing
structures over it.
The main focus of illegal construction is on land earmarked for Javer
Airport, Night Safari, Formula I racing track, etc.
The Greater Noida Authority had got cases registered against 383
persons. It was alleged that property dealers and land mafia had built
illegal structures and cut plots over the whole area.
When further action was taken on projects like Javer Airport, Night
Safari, Formula 1 racing track, etc, the land mafia and realtor
shifted their focus on Greater Noida and Taj Expressway land. Maximum
encro-achment is reported around Dankore and Jagatpur. The land along
a distance of 160 km from Greater Noida to Agra is not being fully
guarded from land sharks, it is learnt.
The district administrations in Gautam Budh Nagar, Mathura, Aligarh
and Agra, are seized of land acquisition process, as the government
wants the needed land to be acquired speedily so that the construction
of Expressway should proceed smoothly. Besides, satellite survey has
been completed and master plan is also ready with the Greater Noida
Authority, it is learnt.
Survey team sent under Tehsildar recently by GNIDA had informed the
Greater Noida Authorities that there was rampant encroachment on Taj
Expressway.
However, Dy CEO P.K. Agrawal said deterrent action will be taken
against encroachers. Their list is being prepared.
The projects of international standards coming up in Greater Noida
area seem to have whetted the greed of land sharks, Agrawal added.
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