Over 500 shanties were reduced to ashes near Noida Sec 65 on Sunday
NOIDA: Two sisters, aged three and six years, were charred to death in a fire that reduced over 500 shanties to ashes in Behlolpur village near Noida Sector 65 on Sunday.
Officials in the fire department said a short circuit could have caused the flames and a heavy wind fanned them. What may have caused the fire to spread fast was that most of the shanties were made of plastic and tarpaulin sheets and many of them housed godowns of inflammable materials. The villagers said they had also heard a few cooking gas cylinders exploding.
About 15 acres of barren common land in Sorkha village in Noida’s Sector 115 has been transformed into an urban forest with dense plantation over the past three years.
NOIDA: With cities turning into concrete jungles and housing societies taking its place, very little of the once lush green forest patches are left now. The district administration undertook an experiment nearly three years ago to make the most of the little space available for trees in a city where real estate is of high value.
About 15 acres of barren common land in Sorkha village in Noida’s Sector 115 has been transformed into an urban forest with dense plantation over the past three years. The district administration signed an MoU with HCL Foundation wherein land rights would remain with the administration while the company would take over responsibility of planation and afforestation in the area. “It was an uphill task from the beginning. The village common land was barren with layers of garbage, constru
Noida: In a major development that will benefit lakhs of Noida residents, it has been decided that the Bhangel elevated road will have direct access from Vishwakarma Marg, which has now become one of the city’s busiest traffic arteries. The Noida Authority has started work on finalising the cost estimates for building two loops at the intersection.
The six-lane elevated road is being built between Aghapur and NSEZ turn in Sector 82. Due to the presence of busy markets in Aghapur, Chhalera, Barola, Salapur and Bhangel, it currently takes 45-60 minutes to reach the NSEZ turn from Noida Golf Course. So, in June 2020, the Authority started work on building a Rs 468 crore worth 4.5km-long elevated road to bring down the commute time to half between the two ends.
It was found that 90 per cent of the underpass work is complete. The remaining work is expected to get over by May 31, said CEO of the Noida Authority, Ritu Maheshwari.
NOIDA: The Noida City Cente to Sector 62 route, which remained out of bounds for public movement for nearly one-and-a-half years, will reopen in the next few days.
The route was shut in 2019 due to the construction of an underpass at the sector 51, 52, 71 and 72 intersection. As a result, people heading towards Indirapuram in Ghaziabad via Captain Shashi Kant Marg were unable to take the stretch and instead had to take a detour via the Gijhore turn. However, the underpass work is almost in its final stage. Officials involved in the project said the barricades at the Gijhore turn will be removed within the next 10 days.