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Varanasi set to get its first urban township near international cricket stadium

VARANASI: The first planned urban township project for Varanasi will be developed over 150 acres in the vicinity of the international cricket stadium at Ganjari. Varanasi Development Authority approved the project at its 133rd board meeting, on Monday evening. Authority’s secretary Ved Prakash Mishra tabled the compliance report of decisions taken in previous meetings, progress report for financial year 2024-25 and new proposals in the presence of divisional commissioner and VDA chairman S Rajalingam, vice chairman Pulkit Garg, district magistrate Satyendra Kumar and board members. No other major township projects were tabled in this board meeting. On Sep 23, 2023,…

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Uttar Pradesh to launch three-month drive to regularise or raze unauthorised constructions

LUCKNOW: Over the course of the next three months, a sustained drive to bring down or regularise unauthorised structures will be carried out across key cities of the state. During a review of the housing development authorities, it was found that out of the 2.50 lakh complaints pertaining to unauthorised and illegal construction activity forwarded to authorities during the 2024-25 financial year, only 3,507 have been disposed of, while the remaining ones remain pending. The maximum number of complaints have surfaced from Prayagraj, followed by Varanasi and Gorakhpur. Taking note of the serious issue, the state govt has issued instructions…