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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Survey to check impact of land acquisition for Noida airport phase 3 & 4
NOIDA : A door-to-door survey from Monday will study the impact on landholdings, livelihoods, homes, public utilities and community resources in 14 villages from where land will be acquired for the expansion of Noida International Airport in phases 3 and 4. Two runways and a global aerospace manufacturing hub are proposed on 2,053 hectares—of which 1,857 hectares are privately owned and will be acquired from 14 villages—in two of the four-phase development of the airport. A runway, a terminal building and an air traffic control tower are coming up on 1,334 hectares acquired in phase 1, while MRO and aviation hubs are proposed on the 1,365 hectares acquired in phase 2. A social impact assessment (SIA) undertaken by Gautam Buddha University and approved by the state govt in Jan had found around 8,400 families across 14 villages—Thora, Neemka Shahjahanpur, Khwajpur, Ramner, Kishorepur, Banwaribas, Parohi, Muqimpur Shivara, Jewar Bangar, Sabauta Mustafabad, Ahmedpur Chaurauli, Dayanatpur, Bankapur, and Rohi—in Jewar tehsil would be displaced in the last two phases. The latest survey, to be undertaken by 49 teams, comprising officials from district administration and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, will draw up census and statistical data of families affected by the land acquisition. DM Manish Verma said the survey will be carried out under Section 16 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, and completed by June 15. SDM Jewar Abhay Singh told TOI that based on the survey, a draft rehabilitation and resettlement scheme will be drawn up. "This will outline entitlements for both landowners and landless families. It will also list the resettlement provisions in terms of infrastructure and amenities. A draft will then be published and a public hearing held to gather objections or suggestions," he added. The draft, along with a report on the objections, will be submitted to the district collector, and subsequently to the commissioner, for approval. "Once approved, a final scheme will be published and a formal declaration of the resettlement area announced. If not already done, a detailed land survey will be initiated to mark and measure the required land and prepare its layout. The award for land acquisition will be made within 12 months of the declaration. The collector will determine the market value of the land and calculate the compensation. A solatium, which is an additional 100% of the compensation, will be added as mandated. The final land acquisition will then proceed through an agreement between the landowners and the state," Singh said. In March, UP announced that landlosers will be entitled to Rs 4,300 per square metre in compensation, which is 40% higher than the Rs 3,100 per sqm offered in the second phase. In phase 1, UP offered Rs 2,100 per sqm in compensation. A notification issued by the civil aviation department recently stated that under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, displaced families will be rehabilitated to areas equipped with basic amenities like roads, water, electricity, sewerage, parks, community halls, schools, hospitals, as well as religious places, like temples and mosques, as per their social and cultural background.
Time of India
01-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
TTD chief BR Naidu attends consecration ceremony of 71st pontiff of Kanchi mutt
TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams chairman BR Naidu attended the consecration ceremony of the 71st pontiff of Tamil Nadu headquartered Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham on Wednesday. Sri Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid (24), a Rig Veda scholar from Annavaram in Andhra Pradesh, had earlier served at Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanams at Basara in Telangana and has mastered three of the four vedas- Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas and has been bestowed with the title Salakshana Saraswati. The 71st pontiff of the Kanchi mutt was bestowed the name Satya Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Shankaracharya by the senior 70th Kanchi mutt pontiff Sri Vijayendra Saraswati at the special ceremony held at the Kamakshi Amman temple and the event coincided with 2534th Jayanti utsavam of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya, who established Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in 482 BCE. As per the tradition, representatives from various prominent temples across the country including the TTD chairman BR Naidu took part in the anointment ceremony and presented vastrams to the 71st pontiff of the Kanchi mutt on Wednesday. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Scarlett Johansson, 40, Shows Off Her Real Size In A New Vacation Photos 33 Bridges Undo During his brief interaction with Sri Vijayendra Saraswati and the 71st Shankaracharya of the Kanchi mutt, BR Naidu briefed them about the numerous activities initiated by the TTD towards strengthening the propagation of the Hindu Sanathana Dharma in a big way.
The Guardian
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector review – high-stakes sci-fi adventure
You play as a sleeper – a cyborg, essentially – on the run having escaped a previous abusive owner. Citizen Sleeper 2, the sequel to 2022's acclaimed science-fiction game, expands the scope and heightens the stakes, presenting a taut, delicately written adventure, part interactive fiction, part digital boardgame. You and your fellow escaper have the use of a tiny spaceship, the Rig, which, with your pursuer always close behind, cannot linger on any asteroid or space station for long. This is rickety, dust-blown sci-fi, where the ships are chaotic tangles of wire and accumulated parts, and most of the freelance work available involves salvaging parts from wrecks launched in some earlier, more moneyed period in galactic history. Each excursion must be carefully planned, and turning the key on the Rig's engine feels like a roll of the dice which, in this game, everything is. Each day – the equivalent of a turn in a traditional boardgame – you are presented with five dice rolls. These numbers represent a currency that can be spent on dozens of activities: taking on odd jobs, farming resources, making friends or enemies, laying traps, perhaps establishing a mushroom colony in an isolated bay of your ship. The higher the roll, the more quickly you achieve your goals, with setbacks and penalties for small numbers (and the risk of permanent damage to the dice themselves, depending on your luck and choices). Through these tasks you can gather new specialised crew members, discover new locations and, day by day, try to put distance between you and your pursuer, while undoing the damage he did to you. The people you meet often have their own needs and wants too, which you can choose to accommodate or ignore. The game is text-heavy, yet has a tensely kinetic quality. As the stakes raise, every choice becomes more consequential, while the capriciousness of the dice remains constant, providing ongoing moments of bliss and frustration. An intricate, wonderfully balanced game, that feels both familiar, yet entirely unique.
