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CYBER CITY TO BE DIGITIZED


Gurgaon is being mapped through satellite imagery and this will be used to generate real-time data on land records and establish a linkage between the revenue and the registration departments. NAMRATA KOHLI reports


Satellite imagery of Gurgaon will be ready in 2012. The project of preparing satellite imageries of the entire Gurgaon district will also be completed this year. Earlier the deadline was end-March, but the work is still on and it will be ready by the year end.


This will have many benefits. Surinder Kumar of the department of land resources says: "Currently, the revenue records are not in a good shape. But, now, we are creating maps by satellite imagery, which will all be digitized. This will be linked to information on ownership of each and every land parcel, sale-purchase, acquisition, and all this information will be available at the click of a mouse. We will host the completed base map on our portal shortly."


Currently there is certain amount of ambiguity on the issue of land ownership. But with the satellite imagery of Gurgaon, there will be real time data on land records and a linkage between revenue and registration department will be created. This means, even as a transaction is taking place, the land ownership details will get updated. Historic information on who owned the land parcel and how the ownership changed hands over generations, for instance, will also be available.


Property ownership details change with the process of inheritance, gifting of property, etc; since each of these requires registration, these changes will get reflected in the digitized district map. Lease deeds, in some cases, are also being registered and it will be possible to view the tenant and landlord details, at the click of a mouse as well.


"After the completion of the satellite imagery of Gurgaon, it will be uploaded on the website. The "nishandehi" (demarcation) has been done and it could be compared with the actual revenue records. At present, revenue records after 1960 are being taken up and about 70% of the imagery work has already been completed," Surinder Kumar says.


Madhu Nair, a Geographic Information System (GIS) expert, says: "To efficiently administer the property rights and data across a region's vast landscape, the authorities like to create a base map of land properties. The base map generally has multiple data layers like high-resolution imagery, details on type of ownership, permits, licences, rights, restrictions, transactions and taxation and some topographic features like natural features representing boundaries."


It will also be an answer to land acquisition issues, to some extent. The satellite imagery work will help identify green patches and land that has been encroached upon.


At present, according to the land department, 56,000 mutations are yet to be entered. The district administration has been organizing special camps at tehsil level for clearing those pending mutations.


This exercise will help facilitate in having citizen-centric records online. This will enable property owners to secure authentic records of their properties with geographic reference. It can lead to better revenue generation. A senior bureaucrat gives the example of how the city of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh benefited from the GIS system. At first, the local body was not able to maintain the data for Mirzapur due to lack of funds.


Then a foreign national, who was part of the Ganga action plan, went to the municipal board chairman and asked to see the register of properties. The register was last updated 10 years ago! The properties that were mutated since then were not even registered there. This person then helped the municipal board to introduce the GIS system and number it wardwise.


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THIS MEANS, EVEN AS A TRANSACTION IS TAKING PLACE, THE LAND OWNERSHIP DETAILS WILL GET UPDATED


HISTORIC INFORMATION ON WHO OWNED THE LAND PARCEL AND HOW THE OWNERSHIP CHANGED HANDS OVER GENERATIONS, FOR INSTANCE, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE

-TOI

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RATES RISE IN GURGAON ’S GROWTH CORRIDORS

large number of projects under construction, improved infrastructure, and the Metro connectivity in Gurgaon have driven prices up in Dwarka Expressway, Golf Course Extension Road and Sohna Road. writes

The capital investments in locations like Dwarka Expressway, Golf Course Extension Road and Sohna Road has brought about a rise in land values in Gurgaon.


The primary reasons that can be attributed to the rise in values are the forthcoming projects by developers, improvement in infrastructure, and the Metro connectivity. Local realtors believe that values will go up further after road connectivity between the growth corridors improves and the Metro route is expanded further.


Rakesh Kathuria of Kathuria Properties says that the realty market in Gurgaon is bound to see a further rise in prices of land considering the development that is planned in the coming time. “Developers like DLF, Raheja, Uppal Group, Unitech, Spire Edge, Ansal and Tata Group are coming up with new projects in different parts of Gurgaon providing a range of options to buyers.”


Ravinder Kumar of Vaishno Associates says that land rates have risen by about 50% from 2010 till date in Sohna Road and Golf Course Extension Road. He attributed this to new projects by reputed developers like M3M Ltd, IREO Group, BPTP Ltd, Raheja Developers, among others. “A project by Raheja in Sector 68, which was Rs 6,000 per sq ft at the time of launch, is now in the range of Rs 9,000 to 10,000 per sq ft,” he says.


The market is down but stable as the volatility is not there and there are more buyers compared to 2010. Kumar attributes this to jobs being offered in the neighbouring prime areas like Golf Course Road, Hero Honda Chowk, etc. In addition, facilities like road connectivity, parks, schools and hospitals, malls are all accessible from these new developments.


Golf Course Extension Road too is considered one of the Top 3 destinations in Gurgaon. The forthcoming projects on this road include Unitech Business Zone, Splendor Epitome and Imperia Orange, among others. It’s proximity to other residential hub of the city, Sohna Road and Golf Course Road, is attracting many investors. All facilities like schools, shopping malls, multiplexes and hospitals are very close to this road.


Akash Narang of Infratech Infrastructures said that Sohna Road scores on locational advantage and its excellent connectivity with National Highway 8. The main impetus in Sohna Road has been provided by developers who have helped transform the area into one of the most sought after destinations in NCR.


Very soon, Sohna Road is going to be an IT hub, with access to shopping malls, plazas with multiplexes, on a par with M G Road. Narang added that Sohna Road is one of the most preferable areas for renting in Gurgaon.


Close to the proposed diplomatic enclave, Delhi’s international airport and the proposed Metro station, Dwarka Expressway is going to ensure good connectivity to the northern areas of Gurgaon and will also ease traffic on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. Also, covering at least 16 new residential sectors, this 8-lane expressway is liable to touch a commercial corridor.


Soham Sharma of Sharma Consultants said that rates in Gurgaon have increased at a fast pace and will rise further in the near future, especially at Dwarka Expressway. The Gurgaon-Manesar Urban Complex plan in the 2025 Master Plan, is intended to connect the Dwarka subcity, Palam Vihar and the planned SEZs in Gurgaon to join the NH-8 near Kherki Dhaula, he adds.


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VERY SOON, SOHNA ROAD IS GOING TO BE AN IT HUB, WITH ACCESS TO SHOPPING MALLS, PLAZAS WITH MULTIPLEXES, ON A PAR WITH M G ROAD


THE GURGAONMANESAR URBAN COMPLEX PLAN IN THE 2025 MASTER PLAN, IS INTENDED TO CONNECT THE DWARKA SUBCITY, PALAM VIHAR AND THE PLANNED SEZS IN GURGAON TO JOIN THE NH-8 NEAR KHERKI DHAULA

-TOI

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KMP EXPRESSWAY: EMERGING HOTSPOT FOR REAL ESTATE



The KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) Expressway is one of the most significant transport corridors in the NCR (National Capital Region) and is expected to boost the prospects of real estate on the corridor significantly. reports


The Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway will improve connectivity to a number of areas in northern, western and southern parts of the NCR. It will provide connectivity to developing areas like Kundli, Sonipat, Manesar, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Palwal. Several leading developers like Parsvanath, TDI and Ansal API have projects under construction along this corridor.


Puneet Jain of Property Guru Pvt Ltd said that the delay in the expressway has affected the realty market. Sushant City by Ansal API started giving possession of flats in 2009; yet, some of the units are still unoccupied. Kingsbury by TDI is another completed project in Kundli, where so far, 150 families have started living. The mall in the township TDI City is also expected to give possession in the next two-three months. Jain says “Once the expressway becomes functional, property rates will increase dramatically.”


The KMP Expressway, which is being built by the DS Construction Company, has been divided into three sections of 45km each crossing the National Highway. This internationalclass project will intersect four existing national highways and key railway lines, ensuring better connectivity across the NCR.


It will act as a bypass for traffic coming from north of Delhi on NH-1 and going to south of Delhi on NH-2. It will also provide faster access to the international and domestic airports for cities in Haryana. It crosses NH-1 near Kundli, NH-2 at Palwal, NH-8 at Manesar and NH-10 at Western Bahadurgarh.


Also known as the Delhi Western Peripheral, the Expressway is 135.6km long and is being constructed in Haryana under the 21-year plan. It has brought in many investors into the market. These investors are investing in commercial as well as residential projects on both sides of the expressway.


In Kundli, after the commencement of work on the Expressway in 2007, land prices increased from Rs 25 lakh per acre to almost Rs 1.5 crore per acre. However, because of the unprecedented delays and numerous missed deadlines, realty market on this stretch too is stagnant at present.


Rising property prices within Delhi has pushed a significant number of buyers towards the periphery. Moreover, with employment opportunities expected to be available in these new industrial cities, people are expected to shift into the Kundli area.


Deepak Agarwal of Property Mart says that developers like TDI, Ansals and Omaxe have come up with megaresidential and commercial projects close to the expressway to cater to future needs. According to KK Associates, the capital value of residential projects coming up here would be in the range of Rs 5,500 per sq ft while the capital value of commercial projects would be in the range of about Rs 3,500 per sq ft.


With good transport and road facilities, hospitals like Medicity are opening their branches within 5km of localities present here. Schools like K R Mangalam, Amity International and DPS have opened their branches near these localities.


KMP Expressway will also soon get one of the largest largest exhibition-cum-exposition centres, which would be planned over 200 acres and would be located at Pachgaon Chowk, close to the industrial township of Manesar in Gurgaon.


Yadav Kumar of K K Associates says: “With many investors and developers coming up, investment in this area will guarantee 100% return within the next onetwo years.Investing here would be more beneficial than investing in stocks or fixed deposits in banks.” QUICK BITES


IN KUNDLI, AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN 2007, LAND PRICES INCREASED FROM RS 25 LAKH PER ACRE TO ALMOST RS 1.5 CRORE PER ACRE

-TOI

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SONIPAT-KUNDLI TO SEE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS


The abundance of IT hubs, residential groups and world-class amenities surrounding the NCR is shifting growth to small towns like Sonipat, Kundli, Manesar, Dharuhera, among others. reports


Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) have evolved over the past few years and the development will grow beyond the Gurgaon, Noida and Faridabad market.


The abundance of IT hubs, residential groups and world-class amenities surrounding the NCR is shifting growth to locales like Sonipat, Kundli, Manesar, Dharuhera, among others. One of the prominent belts where infrastructure activities are planned is the Kundli-Sonipat belt.


Only 50km to the north of Delhi along the NH-1, the Sonipat-Kundli belt is the new hotspot for end users and buyers. Sonipat is at a prime location, linking the NCR to Chandigarh. The forthcoming knowledge city, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, will come up on a 5,000-acre campus. This will be a part of the Sonipat-Kundli multi-functional urban complex along the NH-1.


The region is set to attract many educational institutes, which are looking to set up their campuses here. Coupled with an educational hub, various IT parks, SEZs, a biotech city, a cyber city, a fashion city and entertainment malls, the belt will see som real realty action in the near future. Keeping in mind the prospects of a self-sufficient township, the region will have luxury as well as budget hotels, resorts and hospitals.


Prominent groups that have decided to set up base here include Omaxe Ltd, Parsvnath Developers Ltd, Ansal Housing & Construction Ltd, Vardhman Developers Ltd, Vardhman Developers Ltd, Apex Developers, among others. Infrastructural developments like augmentation of water supply scheme, improvement of sewage system, strengthening of power units and construction of railway bridge on Sonipat-Gohana road are already under way.


Further, connectivity to main junctions of the capital will not be a deterrent any more. The DDA’s proposal to build concentric ring road will cut short the span to reach the National Highways within 10 minutes. Commuters who travel from North Delhi via Mukarba Chowk will have the benefit of avoiding the traffic chaos and head straight through Najafgarh to Kundli. One will be able to reach Rohini or Pitampura within 15 minutes.


The 135km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway (also known as the Outer Ring Road or Western Peripheral Expressway) will connect four National Highways — 1, 2, 8 and 10 — in Haryana. A 100-metre-wide road from the IGI airport to Narela, proximity to KGP and KMP expressways and a signal-free drive from Mukarba Chowk and the NH-1 are the additional infrastructure developments.


Apart from road connectivity, the government is also focused on improving rail network. According to a plan, Kundli will soon have a Metro stop as part of the Rapid Rail Transport System, connecting the ISBT to Sonipat in 20 minutes.


The Sonipat-Kundli belt is drawing developers and real estate investors like never before. Affordable prices, even after this region being declared a part of the NCR, is the foremost driving force for the escalated growth.


The development is not aimed at the infrastructure alone but oriented more towards the economic and social progress of the state, which has created opportunities for employment and building industries.


Vikas Gupta, the joint managing director of Earth Infrastructures Ltd, says: “The new corridors of development have been the focus of interest in recent times. The city limits have grown and places like Sonipat-Kundli, Dwarka-Gurgaon Expressway, Manesar have come up. With infrastructure and connectivity under fast development these places would be the hub for property investments in future.”


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THE FORTHCOMING KNOWLEDGE CITY — RAJIV GANDHI EDUCATION CITY — WILL COME UP ON A 5,000-ACRE CAMPUS. THIS WILL BE A PART OF THE SONIPATKUNDLI MULTIFUNCTIONAL URBAN COMPLEX ALONG THE NH-1


THE SONIPATKUNDLI BELT IS DRAWING DEVELOPERS AND REAL ESTATE INVESTORS LIKE NEVER BEFORE. AFFORDABLE PRICES, EVEN AFTER THIS REGION BEING DECLARED A PART OF THE NCR, IS THE FOREMOST DRIVING FORCE FOR THE ESCALATED GROWTH

-TOI

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Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 3
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the criteria for allotting plots to ex-servicemen on the basis of ranks they held in active service.
The significant directions came on a bunch of seven petitions filed by The Hisar Ex-Naval Personnel Welfare Society and other petitioners against the state of Haryana and another respondent.
In the petitions placed before the Division Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and GS Sandhawalia, the petitioners had sought directions for quashing the conditions in the application form that “ex-servicemen shall be entitled to apply for a plot keeping in view the ranks they held while in active service”.
Going into the background of the controversy, the petitioners had contended that an advertisement inviting applications for allotment of residential plots in Sector 6, Jhajjar, was issued by HUDA.
As per the eligibility criteria, “officers of the rank of Colonel and above and equivalent rank of the Navy and the Air Force/paramilitary forces were eligible to apply for one kanal plots only”.
Other commissioned officers up to lieutenant-colonel and equivalent rank were eligible for 14 marla and 10 marla plots only. JCOs and other ranks were eligible for plots of eight, six and four marlas.”
The petitioners had contended that “the classification to submit an application for allotment of a particular size of a plot, based upon the rank held by the applicant at one point of time, is without any reasonable nexus with the objective to be achieved and consequently unsustainable”.
Allowing the present petition, the Bench asserted: “A Division Bench of this court in Prem Singh's case has found that the classification for allotment of a plot, based upon the rank of an officer, is unreasonable.
“Such finding is binding on the present Division Bench. Therefore, this court cannot re-examine the question of legality of classification. “Consequently, the present writ petition is allowed. The eligibility criteria for allotment of a plot, dependent upon the rank held by an applicant, cannot be sustained and is set aside”.

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Published on 04 Feb-2012
भास्कर न्यूज त्न गुडग़ांव
सोहना के आसपास अलग-अलग जगहों पर शुक्रवार को बीस एकड़ जमीन से अवैध निर्माण हटाए गए।डीटीपी विभाग की यह कार्रवाई करीब छह घंटे चली। इस दौरान विभाग के तोडफ़ोड़ दस्ते को किसी तरह के विरोध का सामना नहीं करना पड़ा। शुक्रवार को बारह बजे ड्यूटी मजिस्ट्रेट संदीप सिंह ढाका के नेतृत्व में तोडफ़ोड़ दस्ता सोहना के दमदमा मार्ग के समीप पहुंचा। दस्ते के साथ भारी पुलिस बल भी था।
दस्ते ने दो जेसीबी की मदद से दमदमा मार्ग पर बन रही दुकानों को तोडऩा शुरू कर दिया। करीब दो घंटे में इस जगह पर बन रही सभी दुकानों को तोड़ दिया गया। गांव लाखूवास में जेसीबी की मदद से प्लॉटों और गांव जखोपूर में करीब सोलह एकड़ जमीन पर बाउंड्रीवाल तथा दुकानों को जमींदोज किया गया। डीटीपी दिलबाग सिंह, एसीपी नरेंद्र कादियान, एसीपी अमित कुमार, कनिष्क अभियंता रजनीश व मांगेराम और पटवारी छोटूराम आदि कार्रवाई के दौरान मौजूद थे।

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Sanjeev Verma, Hindustan Times
Chandigarh, February 04, 2012
In a setback to one of the well-known stud farms in the country, Usha Stud Farm of Gurgaon, the Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed its petition challenging acquisition of its around 53 acres land by the Haryana government around 23 years ago. A registered company founded by an international polo player Major PK Mehra, Usha Stud and Agricultural Farms is located in village Daulatpur Nasirabad(Carterpuri), Gurgaon for breeding and training even the foreign breeds of stallions.
The company had approached the high court challenging the state government’s land acquisition notifications dated December 1988 and December 1989 under the land acquisition Act for utilization of land for residential-cum-commercial area as per development plan under the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act.
Rejecting stud farm’s counsel’s contentions, the division bench of justice Jasbir Singh and justice Augustine George Masih held, “The stud farm has come into existence in violation of the provisions as contained under the scheduled roads Act, 1963.” Even if the petitioner obtained registration from the ministry of agriculture in August 1982 but still that would not regularize the violations under the scheduled roads act which is a separate Act,” the bench held.
The bench observed that the stud farm purchased the land in 1971, much after the issuance of the notification and the construction of the buildings and stables came into existence thereafter. “It is also not in dispute that no request for change of land use or permission for erection of any building had been ever applied or granted by the authorities under the Act,” held the bench.
The petitioner’s counsel also contended that before 1989, the state government also issued a notification in November 1981 for acquisition of the same land for the same purpose. But when the petitioner approached the Supreme Court in 1986, during the pendency of the petition, a negotiated compromise formula was worked out on the basis of which the state released most of its land and the petition was withdrawn. However, the state government re-notified the same land for the same purpose in 1989 that is illegal, it was argued.
Addressing these arguments, the bench said that the petitioner’s averments cannot be accepted in light of the full bench judgment of the high court in the case of Ghanshyam Dass Goyal and others, wherein it was held “there is no legal bar for re-acquisition of same land.”