GDA Approves Master Plan 2031, Clears Key Urban Development Proposals

After years of revisions, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) board on Tuesday (20 May) gave its final approval to the long-awaited Unified Master Plan 2031.

This green signal paves the way for implementing the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy aimed at regulating urban growth around key transit corridors, a Times of India report stated.

The plan spans 33,543.1 hectares, covering 18,687.8 hectares in Ghaziabad, 6,874.9 hectares in Modinagar, and 7,980.4 hectares in Loni. It will come into effect following a gazette notification from the Uttar Pradesh government, expected within a month.

TOD zones will be created along a 1.5 km stretch of the rapid rail network (4,261.43 hectares) and within 500 metres of the Red and Blue Line metro corridors (616.61 hectares). A Special Area Development (SAD) zone of 909.82 hectares will be developed around the Duhai rapid rail depot.

The GDA board also cleared a revised layout of the Madhuban Bapudham housing scheme, allowing reallocation of 373 plots previously located on crematorium land.

Other key approvals included the PAHAL portal and a proposal to convert a 0.431 hectare plot in Galand from agricultural to industrial use under the UP government’s PLEDGE scheme.

“PAHAL portal, which offers services like payment of property dues, checking property ledger, verifying property details, downloading allotment letters, online registration of allotment and applying for mutation at the click of the mouse, will enhance ease of doing business,” a GDA official was quoted as saying in the report.

The board further approved a Rs 2,384 crore budget for land acquisition across five villages—Mathurapur, Shamsher, Champatnagar, Bhanera-Khurd and Nangla Feroze Mohan Nagar for the upcoming Harnandipuram township.

Compensation will be four times the circle rate under the Land Acquisition (Rehabilitation & Resettlement) Act, 2013.

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