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A move which might bring relief to landowners, the Uttar Pradesh government might de-notify the 8,686-acre land in Ghaziabad it had set aside for development of a hi-tech city in 2009-10. Land from across 18 villages along the National Highway-24 was notified under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

Municipal corporations across the country have realised the power of technology for tackling civic problems. For instance, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) recently became the first municipal corporation to use space technology to address issues such as encroachment of lakes, illegal dumping of garbage, pothole menace, etc. by liaising with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). The three municipal corporations of Delhi introduced a mobile application to enable users to find locations of public toilets nearby, police stations, metro stations, etc.

A recent report published by Greenpeace India listed 280 Indian cities ranked according to their particulate matter (PM10) levels. Among many cities in north India which have dangerously high PM10 levels, the national capital was at the top spot. Hassan in Karnataka has consistently appeared among the least polluted cities in India with a PM10 level of 26 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m3). Few cities in Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh managed to scrape through with PM10 levels lower than the annual permissible concentration of 60 µg/m3 set under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

GIFT is a planned business district constructed between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, two major commercial hubs of Gujarat. MakaanIQ takes you on a tour of this ambitious project.

Soon, people working in Noida Sector 62 won’t have to rely on auto-rickshaws and hired cabs for commuting as the Delhi Metro’s Blue Line extension from Noida City Centre to Noida Sector 62 and Electronic City will get operational by January next year. At present, only Delhi Transport Corporation-run buses and private autos are available for public transit in the area. The same is true of several areas of Ghaziabad that lie close to Sector 62.