NOIDA: The development of basic amenities in Jewar Bangar village, where families affected by the airport project will be rehabilitated, is nearing completion and officials hope they will be able to start giving possession of plots in the next two-three months.
Families from Nagla Ganesh area of Rohi will be the first to be shifted as their village is where the runway will be built. Once people start moving to Jewar Bangar, houses in the villages that have been acquired for the airport can be razed and the land handed over to Zurich AG for construction to begin.
“When we started work in December, we were given a nine-month deadline to complete the township. However, the development of amenities has been fast and we should be able to start allotting plots in the next two to three months. The development of most of the basic infrastructure is done,” said Suhas LY, the Noida district magistrate.
Land from six villages has been acquired for the construction of the first phase of the airport. A total of 3,625 families from three of these villages —Rohi, Dayanatpur and Kishorpur — will be rehabilitated to Jewar Bangar. A 48-hectare land parcel has been identified for developing the model township where the families will be shifted.
The social impact assessment committee had recommended that the rehabilitation of families should be done in such a manner that the social fabric of the villages remains intact. Officials said the development of the township is being done keeping the recommendation in mind.
“Every single family has been surveyed. The area has been divided in such a manner that the social bond remains intact. For instance, the allotment of plots will be done in a way so that those who lived next to each other still remain neighbours. The corresponding position of their shops and other amenities will also be maintained as much as possible,” said Balram Singh, additional district magistrate.
Meanwhile, the notification for acquiring land for the second phase of the airport is likely to be issued in two weeks. “The maps provided by NIAL, the special purpose vehicle of the state government, are being vetted as of now. The work should be done in the next couple of weeks. After this, the authority will ask the administration to issue a notification for the acquisition of land,” said Suhas LY.