The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has planned to develop a Film City zone in the region. Spanning across 250 acres of land, the proposed Film City will be made operational on the lines film cities of Mumbai and Hyderabad where studios will be set up for film shooting and production. The YEIDA top brass are mulling to commence work on this mega project around June of the current year and the project will take three years to be completed.
According to a senior official of YEIDA, the project was conceptualised after receiving a spate of proposals from Bollywood directors and owners of various news channels to establish a film city along the Yamuna Expressway. Senior officials of the authority reportedly visited the film cities at Mumbai and Hyderabad to study the infrastructure.
The official also said that the proposed projects like night safari in Greater Noida, riverfront along with Hindon River, heliport at zero point on Yamuna expressway and a convention centre in Greater Noida will also help in making the area shooting friendly as the proposed site is located 30 km before the zero point. To provide 24 hour uninterrupted power to the area, a sub-station of 750 KVA is also being set-up in Jahangirpuri area. Apart from this proposed Metro connectivity between national Capital and Greater Noida will prove helpful for this purpose. “As the surrounding area is developing rapidly, the expressway region could be a prime location for film shooting,” said PC Gupta, CEO of YEIDA adding that there will be no problem of land as the authority has sufficient land in this region.