With an aim to pave the way for Akhilesh Yadav’s dream project connecting Agra with lucknow through an expressway, State Government approved new land acquisition policy making it more lucrative for the farmers. The Government also approved the Request For Proposal (RFP) of the Agra- lucknow Greenfield Expressway.
The decisions were taken at the state cabinet meeting here on Tuesday evening in a meeting that was chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Interestingly, senior UP minister Mohammad Azam Khan who had boycotted two government functions during the past two days, attended the cabinet meeting for a brief time.
Chief secretary Alok Ranjan briefing m edia persons here said that under the new acquisition policy, UP government has decided to pay twice the circle rate of land as compensation in the urban areas and
four times for the land in rural areas.
The new acquisition policy was adopted by the Central government in September last but the state government approved the compensation rate in its meeting on Tuesday, he said.
The government also approved the RFP of the Agra— lucknow expresswayto be built by the state government. The 270 kilometer long Agra-lucknow expressway will facilitate faster transport between
western UP and lucknow that will also bring socio-economic development to the areas covered under the expressway project, Ranjan said.
In another important decision, the state government has approved a proposal to provide stamp duty waiver along with bank guarantee for 27.75 acres land given to Infosys to set up their IT unit in Nodia.
Infosys, is setting up the unit in Noida with a cost of Rs 1400 crores and it will provide 35,000 direct jobs to the IT sector.
UP government also gave its nod for the new eco-tourism policy in the state. The new policy will promote conservation in the forest areas and it will be based on community and local culture.
The new eco-tourism will engage participation of private and corporate sector through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds. The policy has also mooted the idea for promoting infrastructure near all
the wild life sanctuaries and parks in the state.
The government has also approved a four lane approach road in place of a 2-land road for lion Safari in Etawah while free 1.795 hectare of land would be given to PWD for constructing a circuit house and a
transit hostel in Rampur.
An approval has also been given to the Estate department to construct 40 type-V flats at Darulshafa area in the state capital.
Government has also approved setting up of Uttar Pradesh Highway Patrol that would help accident victims. The accident sites would be identified through GPS so that quick help could be provided to the
victims.
The Government has also rationalized pay scales of Provincial Homeopathy Services Cadre.
Meanwhile, the government has blacklisted a company for fraud in the High Security Number plates. The chief secretary said that due to the fraud, the entire tender process has also been scrapped.