Ghaziabad awaits a major infrastructural leap in the coming days. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday will visit Ghaziabad and announce development projects worth Rs 3,750 crore proposed by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA).
GDA Chairman Santosh Yadav said the major projects include an ambitious housing scheme of 5,000 houses for low Income Group (lIG) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) of the society.
The Chief Minister will also distribute laptops to 8,000 students free of cost as promised during his election campaigns. Besides, nearly a dozen projects mostly dealing with road infrastructure would be on the offing for the people of Ghaziabad. Additional District Magistrate (City) Richh Pal Singh said Yadav was also likely to announce a new Nagar Panchayat at Khoda and a Nagar Palika at loni, which has been proposed by the district administration.
The other major projects include an elevated road from UP Gate to Northern Peripheral Expressway at an estimated cost of Rs 800 crore. A 21 km-long road on Public participation model, would also be extended up to loni, which will cost nearly Rs 700 crore. "The zonal service roads in Raj Nagar Extension area at a cost of Rs 200 crore and a link road with ROB between National Highway 58 and National Highway 24 will also be launched. The project is likely to cost Rs 145 crore," officials of the district administration said. River from Siddharth Vihar to Kinaoni in Indirapuram and lake in Hasanpur lodha at a cost of Rs. 245 crore will also be launched by the Chief Minister on this occasion.
Six power stations — five in Madhuban Bapu Dham and one in Indirapuram and a link road from Hapur road to Madhuban Bapu Dham at a cost of Rs 200 crore would also be inaugurated by the Chief Minister. The project of expansion from four lanes to six lanes of National Highway 58 between Meerut tri-junction to AlT cut would also be inaugurated by Yadav. A multi-level parking at a cost of Rs 200 crore would be inaugurated by him. A ROB at Adhyatmik Nagar and an under-pass at Sai Upvan, along with the beatification project of Arthala lake and Raj Nagar city club would also be inaugurated by Yadav during his Ghaziabad visit, .said the GDA Chairman.