In a meeting held on Wednesdy, the KDA board took a decision in this
regard and also cleared three residential schemes. Later, talking to
reporters, KDA vice-chairman Jayshree Bhoj said that besides the
earmarking the aforementioned sum for land bank, a sum of Rs 170 crore
had also been allocated for the development of land bank.

She
said that members of KDA board had sanctioned a total of Rs 1,20,273.04
for the development of the city. Provision for the infrastructure has
also been made and Rs 28.68 crore have been earmarked for the same. The
members also cleared the proposal worth Rs 78 crore for the development
of 10 villages of Kalyanpur legislative constituency. Rs 81.35 crore
were allocated for various schemes of KDA.

She said that Rs 50
crore were allocated for the Bhauti Mandhana by-pass while Rs 6 crore
had been earmarked for the development of parks and beautification work
and Rs 1 crore had been fixed for road development.

The
vice-chairman also said that during the meeting it was decided to pay Rs
22 lakh per bigha as compensation to the farmers of village Nagva for
the extension of Swarn Jayanti Vihar scheme. A total of 53.011 hectares
would be acquired for the extension of the scheme. Around 160 farmers
have already consented to the acquisition of their land after payment of
compensation.

Similarly, around 80.1290 hectare would be acquired for the development of New Kanpur city phase -1. The vice-chairman stated that a policy for allotment of optional plot was also formulated.

A committee, comprising secretary, additional secretary, chief
engineer, CTCP and respective zonal officer, would be constituted for
the same. It was decided that priority would be accorded to cases dated
after 1995. Residents who had already executed deeds would be given
priority and on the recommendation of the committee they would be
provided optional plot. After these residents, KDA would take up the
cases of those who had paid the cost of plot.

Rent of colonies
issue was also discussed . KDA has around 8,000 houses in 19 colonies.
It was decided that a survey should be conducted and a list of original
allottees would be prepared. The decision on the issue would be taken in
next meeting. In another decision, honorarium of prosecutor has been
enhanced from Rs 500 to 2,000 per month.