Harnandipuram township’s Phase 1 to start on 48 acres in September, says GDA

By Bricksnwall | 2026-06-18

The GDA will also float tenders for the construction of a four-laned Outer Ring Road of 6km to ensure access to the township.

Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) officials said on Wednesday that the first phase of the Harnandipuram housing plan at Raj Nagar Extension on a 48-hectare land parcel will be started in September.

The complete city would be built on 501 hectares distributed across the eight villages of Mathurapur, Shamsher, Champat Nagar, Bhaneda Khurd, Nagla Firoz Mohanpur, Bhovapur, Shahpur Nij Morta and Morta.

The authority said it has acquired land through direct purchase from farmers and other landowners.

The administration recommended the first phase to be launched on roughly 120-130 hectares of land from five communities in May, 2025.

But the authority had problems in acquisition of contiguous plots of land and later opted to go ahead with the project with a lesser size, authorities added.

The first phase will be inaugurated in September with a continuous patch of 48 hectares. Over the next two months we will be adding two more land pieces of a comparable size. “So, the first phase development will cover 150 hectares by the end of 2026,” GDA vice-chairperson Nand Kishor Kalal told HT.

In its board meeting on May 15, the GDA approved a proposal for acquisition of land from the remaining three villages of Bhovapur, Morta and Shahpur Nij Mort via direct purchases.

The patch-wise launch in phase one has been proposed as the GDA need continuous land chunks for the township and needs to avoid environmental clearance concerns required for bigger projects. “Environmental clearances take a long time and may hold up work,” stated an officer from the GDA.

"The township is being built at an estimated budget of Rs 2,384 crore," the officials added.

“We will float tenders to build a 6km four-laned Outer Ring Road to ensure proper connectivity to the township. The project will cost around ₹90 crore and the road would connect the present Hindon elevated road to Harnandipuram township, the projected international cricket stadium and a nearby aerocity-themed development. “The road tender is likely to be floated on Thursday,” Kalal added.

Tenders for a 1.6km four lane flyover from Shastri Nagar to Sanjay Nagar bypassing the key Hapur Chungi crossing would also be floated within next day or two, the authorities added.

The project has been budgeted at a cost of ₹120 crore and will help ease traffic concerns for commuters moving from NH-9 and Hapur Road towards the Delhi Meerut Road and Raj Nagar Extension, said Kalal.

Source: Hindustan Times