The day Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered a probe into Agra-lucknow Expressway Government transferred finance controlled of UPEIDA Sushil Gupta and asked DMs of 10 districts to probe acquisition of land. A senior official said that Government has transferred Finance controller and has put the land deeds of last one year under scanner.
“The DMs of 10 districts have been asked to start probe into land acquisition during construction of Expressway. It is believed that land use was changed to meet the requirement of UPEIDA. It is believed that agricultural land was purchased at commercial rate,” a government official said. The 302-km long Greenfield Expressway connecting Agra with lucknow was the dream project of previous Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He had showcased this project in last election campaign while JP had claimed it as `ghotala ka expressway’.
Official say that 236 land spread over in gram sabhas will come under scanner..