October 25, 2023: To protect government land from encroachment, the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) is planning to conduct a geographic information system (GIS) survey, according to media reports. The authority will conduct a comprehensive land survey, which will help identify areas that have been illegally occupied, enabling the authority to regain control of the land for various purposes. This includes providing residential plots to farmers whose land was acquired for the planned development of the city.
The decision comes after the authority realised that a significant part of its land was encroached on by different people. As mentioned in media reports, officials said the survey would also help the authority determine the extent of land outside the village’s original abadi (settlement) used for residential purposes by farmers. The GNIDA is planning to engage the services of an expert agency for carrying out the GIS survey. The authority will issue a tender for the selection of the agency. Initially, the survey will cover 85 villages and later be extended to the remaining villages.
Currently, the Greater Noida authority conducts regular drives to free its land from encroachers and demolish illegal constructions. However, after the GIS survey, the authority is likely to launch a mega drive against land grabbers to demolish the illegal construction and free up its land meant for planned development, officials said, as mentioned in reports.
According to the rules, 6% of the total land acquired is allotted to the land owner for residential purposes. There are hundreds of farmers who are yet to receive residential plots based on this rule. According to the officials, the freed-up land in each village could be allotted as residential plots to farmers.
Greater Noida, established in 1992, covers over 38,000 hectare comprising 124 villages. While the authority does not have data on how much government land has been grabbed over the years, they expect the GIS survey will help them arrive at a figure.
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