GREATER NOIDA: In another eight months, the new township in Jewar Bangar is expected to be ready.
The Yamuna Expressway Authority recently floated over half a dozen tenders to commission work for developing the township, which is critical to the timely handover of land for the Jewar airport project because it's where the 3,600 displaced families will be rehabilitated.
Officials said the township will be divided into seven pockets and each will be named after the seven rural settlements of three of the six villages — Rohi, Kishorepur and Dayanatpur — acquired for the construction of an international airport in Jewar.
Of a total of nearly 8,000 affected families, 3,627 will have to be rehabilitated. In the other three villages — Ranhera, Parohi and Banwaribas — only agricultural fields are coming under the impact of the airport project.
Rohi consists of the rural settlements of Rohi, Nagla Ganeshi and Nagla Phoola Khan. Kishorepur will be the least affected with only 46 houses in the village coming under the impact of the project. Similarly, Dayanatpur consists of Dayanatpur Khera, Nagla Sharif and Nagla Chitar. A total of 2,660 houses will be razed during the construction work in the seven settlements.
YEIDA CEO Arun Vir Singh said, “We will give developed plots in the seven pockets of Jewar Bangar. Tenders to commission various development work have been issued and the township shall be ready in six to eight months.”
To maintain social cohesion and bonding among the villagers, YEIDA will set up seven pockets and name them after the seven affected rural settlements of Rohi, Kishorepur and Dayanatpur. “Also we will try to provide the same neighbourhood. Close relatives and neighbours shall be given plots in the same block if they are inclined to stay close to each other,” said Shailendra Bhatia, OSD to YEIDA.
While husband and wife are considered a single family under the Land Acquisition Act, unmarried children over the age of 18 are counted as a separate unit or family. “That is how you see a huge difference among houses being affected (2,660) and plots being offered (3,627),” added another official.
The villagers are also happy with the move since they would continue to stay close to their neighbours. “We have spent generations together. Unlike highrises where neighbours are not even aware of each other’s names, in villages we stand by each other during celebrations as well as tragedies,” said Kallan from Nagla Sharif who gave up eight bighas of agricultural land for the project.
During the social impact assessment surveys, villagers had expressed the desire to stay with each other in the new colony.
The seven pockets in Jewar Bangar will be developed at a cost of Rs 238 crore. The latest tender was issued by YEIDA on November 5 for the construction of three tubewells in order to supply water to the households. The plots will be handed over once water pipelines, water tanks, sewerage lines, electric lines, parks, roads and footpaths are developed, along with hospital, college, school, mosque, temple and other amenities.