LDA plans raising devpt charges for properties near expressways
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Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority plans to increase development charges for properties around corridors and expressways. A proposal to hire an agency for the Jayaprakash Narayan International Convention Centre and allocate budget for upcoming housing schemes, including the Anantnagar Housing Scheme, IT City, will be taken up in the Authority's meeting on Tuesday.
The proposal for increasing the special amenity fee for properties located within 500 metres of Shaheed Path, Kisan Path, and the Green Corridor will also be discussed. The collected amount will be used for infrastructure and civic improvements in these areas.
Moreover, the board will also consider approving an agency for managing JPNIC and transferring control to LDA. Furthermore, budget allocations for housing schemes, including Anantnagar, IT City, and Kamdhenu Nagar, will be reviewed.
The board is expected to clear proposals for converting under-construction flats in Kabir Nagar Devpur Para Awas Yojna into 1BHK and 2BHK units.
New group housing schemes in Aishbagh, Basant Kunj, Gomti Nagar (Viraj Khand), and Sector-4 of Gomti Nagar Extension are also likely to be approved. Changes in land use have been proposed for plots originally meant for telephone exchanges, post offices, and substations, to be used for residential development.
Furthermore, land acquisition proposals include transferring 61 acres of Nehru Enclave land to the army, acquiring defence land from the Gomti river to Pipraghat for the Green Corridor dam, and taking over unused land from UP Sainik School.
LDA will take up proposals for allocating land in Basant Kunj to Lucknow City Transport for an e-auto charging station. A bus terminal in Charbagh on UPSRTC land, to be built in PPP mode, is also under consideration.
Proposals for borrowing from financial institutions for land acquisition near IIM Road and Agra Expressway, and for digitisation, ERP systems, and computerisation of records are also part of the meeting.
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