The Yamuna Expressway industrial development authority (Yeida) has decided to acquire 6,000 hectares of agricultural land to develop a city near the Noida International Airport along the Yamuna Expressway.

YEIDA has earmarked Rs 14,000 crore to acquire 6,065 hectares of land in the next two years. It will be used to set up new sectors, civic amenities, including roads, sewers, parks, and electricity and industrial cities. Of the total 6,065 hectares of land, 1,609 will be purchased directly from farmers through mutual agreement, 4,076 will be acquired through the land acquisition process and 380 hectares will be reclaimed as this is government land.

The authority will acquire land from 40 villages through different methods including direct purchase from farmers. These include Rabupura (994 hectares), Tirthali (479 hectares), Karauli Bangar (250 hectares), Muradgarhi (336 hectares), Tappal-Bajna (771 hectares), Mudrah (290 hectares) and Kallupura (218 hectares), Mayana (252 hectares), among others. New sectors will come up as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and land for remaining areas for Sectors 22E, 28, 29, 32, 33 will be acquired. A

Also, 712 hectares will be acquired for the Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre and 528 hectares at Dorpuri and Syarol villages for a logistic park. The process to acquire land from four out of six villages is already under process in Sector-10. Proposals for acquiring land in Tappal-Bajna, and for Sectors 5,6, 7 and 8 have been sent to the government.