Noida to change use of SEZ land

 The Noida Authority is getting ready to change the land use of about 1,000 hectares of land earmarked for a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in keeping with its Master Plan 2031, on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. The Authority has invited objections and suggestions for the change, which is now proposed to be categorized as mixed land use including residential use.

According to officials, the land had been notified for developing the SEZ in 2006 and allotted to Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) and nine other IT companies by the Mulayam Singh government. However, in August 2007 the Mayawati government rejected the SEZ proposal saying that it did not conform to the Centre’s guidelines and that it violated the provisions of contiguous land.