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Uttar Pradesh cuts Ghaziabad civic body’s office budget by ₹10 crore

GHAZIABAD: The state govt reduced GMC’s budget proposal for its new Arthala office by over Rs 10 crore, reducing it to under Rs 100 crore. The corporation’s chief engineer, NK Chodudhary, said their initial estimate of Rs 110 crore was cut to under Rs 100 crore. The new office, expected to be ready next year, will be built on a 21,000sqm plot, with an additional 5,655sqm for parking, which includes GMC’s fleet of official vehicles and door-to-door collection vehicles. Hundreds of consumers visit the GMC office to pay bills and for other purposes. Additionally, the office also requires a hall…

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Survey to check impact of land acquisition for Noida airport phase 3 & 4

NOIDA: A door-to-door survey from Monday will study the impact on landholdings, livelihoods, homes, public utilities and community resources in 14 villages from where land will be acquired for the expansion of Noida International Airport in phases 3 and 4. Two runways and a global aerospace manufacturing hub are proposed on 2,053 hectares—of which 1,857 hectares are privately owned and will be acquired from 14 villages—in two of the four-phase development of the airport. A runway, a terminal building and an air traffic control tower are coming up on 1,334 hectares acquired in phase 1, while MRO and aviation hubs…