Dwarka e-way oustees to get plots in Sector 110A

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The Dwarka expressway project crossed a major hurdle on December 23 after the Punjab and Haryana high court resolved the dispute over allotment of plots to New Palam Vihar families by directing Huda to allot plots in Sector 110A instead of Sector 37C.

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More than 380 families had approached the high court as they were against the development authority's decision to give alternative plots in Sector 37C in the absence of adequate number of available plots in Sector 110A.

The high court, however, has directed Huda to allot the plots to displaced families in Sector 110A through land pooling scheme.

Sources said the government has decided to relax the norms related to land pooling to accommodate all the families.

The resolution clears one of the biggest obstacles in the way of the expressway project and is likely to expedite construction work. A 1.3-km stretch of the road could not be undertaken for construction owing to the land dispute.

Huda administrator Hardeep Singh said Haryana's additional chief secretary will come to Gurgaon on December 27 to discuss all the issues related to expressway construction, including allotment of plots.

He said senior officials would visit the area and take a call on the next course of action. Singh said about 464 houses in New Palam Vihar, Tekchand Nagar, Kherki Daula and Mohammadpur are falling in the way of the expressway.

The expressway was sanctioned in 2007 and was expected to be ready before the 2010 CWG, but in 2008 a number of writ petitions were filed by New Palam Vihar residents challenging the acquisition of land for the expressway. On the directions of the high court, Huda had agreed to allot alternative plots to residents whose houses were coming in the way of the proposed road.

Source - TOI