Khora Colony (Ghaziabad)

GHAZIABAD:  Ghaziabad Development Authority  (GDA), on Wednesday, approved a sanction of Rs 200 crore to  Delhi Metro Rail Corporation  in the financial year 2012-13 for extension of the  Rithala-Dilshad Garden line  till the  New Bus Stand  in Ghaziabad.  In a first, GDA has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore to shore up its land bank. Moreover, the Metro link from Dilshad Garden to the New Bus Stand has been a priority for UP CM Akhilesh Yadav. In a board meeting, the authority agreed to chip in Rs 495 crore of the estimated project cost of Rs 981 crore. The remaining cost would be borne equally by Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, UP Housing Board and UP State Industrial Development Corporation .  "The funding pattern has been decided and would be sent to the UP government for approval on Friday. The government has already given in-principle approval and we are hopeful that the funding pattern would also get the go-ahead," GDA vice-chairman Santosh Yadav said.

The plan to extend the existing Metro service from Dilshad Garden to the New Bus Stand in the city has received in-principle approval. The UP chief secretary, officials from Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had recently met in Lucknow and gave the  green signal for the second phase of Metro expansion in Ghaziabad. The move was welcomed by Ghaziabad residents as the existing Metro line, which covers Anand Vihar and Vaishali, caters to less than one-sixth of the city's total population. In 2010, officials had decided against Metro expansion to the bus stand and had proposed Arthala as the last station. GDA officials said the proposed Metro line from Dilshad Garden to the New Bus stand would cover around 9.41 km. According to previous plans, the link covered only 7.31 km. Compared to the previous estimate of Rs. 815 crore, the extended route will now cost around R990 crore. A decision on the funding pattern will be taken later.

Ghaziabad : A year after Delhi Metro ventured into Ghaziabad with the Anand Vihar-Vaishali corridor, it's preparing to start work on another alignment. Senior officials in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) confirmed that the detailed project report on a new alignment from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Terminal along GT Road in Ghaziabad had been submitted to Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA). Work on the corridor is expected to start soon, said Kumar Keshav, director (projects), Delhi Metro. The 9.41km corridor will start from Dilshad Garden and terminate at the bus stand located near the Mahamaya Sports Stadium. "The alignment, which was earlier to terminate at Mohan Nagar has been extended to cater to a larger section," said Keshav. According to Delhi Metro, the connection to Ghaziabad via Dilshad Garden will prove beneficial not only for Delhi, but also for Ghaziabad residents as it will provide an alternative to the current Anand Vihar-Vaishali line. "Th

GHAZIABAD/MEERUT: Ghaziabad and  Meerut  may become big-ticket investment opportunities for many public and private sector  banks  just because of the sheer number of industries based here. More than 30,000 small-scale industries (SSIs) are operating in the two districts of the state. Going by what the banks have to so say, the signs look only promising.

Ghaziabad, Apr 12 (PTI) Armed men today barged into house of chairman 'ganna samiti' in Modinagar here, and allegedly looted around Rs 15 lakh by making his septuagenarian mother hostage, police said. The assailants also assaulted the 75-year-old woman, who was rushed to a nearby hospital in serious condition, police said. Cash and jewellery worth around Rs 15 lakh were looted by them, claimed family members in their complaint to police. PTI

NOIDA: Amid reports of Haryana government scrapping the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) corridor project, the Noida Authority has maintained that, since the project is a part of its Master Plan 2021, the work between Noida and Ghaziabad will be completed for sure. The Authority claims it has already completed 50% of its share of the project. The project was floated in 1993 to connect Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad but was scrapped by the Haryana government in 1998 because it found it "unfeasible." As per the initial plan, the corridor was to be 56km long and was to connect NH-24 near Ghaziabad and NH-2 (Delhi-Agra). Around 16km of the corridor falls under the jurisdiction of Noida Authority and work on 8km linking Noida and Ghaziabad is complete.

Ghaziabad:   A day after a court in Ghaziabad issued a non-bailable warrant against her, Nupur Talwar is still untraceable. However, Mrs Talwar's lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said today that his client "is not running away and she will be present in the Supreme Court tomorrow." Mrs Talwar, and her husband Rajesh, have been accused of murdering their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi at their Noida residence in May 2008. The warrant for Nupur was issued after she failed to show up in the CBI court yesterday. Pursuant to the warrant, CBI officials carried out searches at her south Delhi residence, and two other places, but did not find her there. The investigating agency can arrest Nupur any time before the next hearing of the case scheduled for April 18. But to arrest her, the CBI has to trace her. Meanwhile, through her lawyer, Nupur today moved the Supreme Court against the April 9 Allahabad High court order which suspended the 30 days protection given to her. It was based on