Residents reached out to UP CM Yogi Adityanath and said that the cancellation of the approved Metro rail project for Greater Noida (West) was unfair to them.
Residents of Gaur City, a residential society in Greater Noida (West), led by Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association (NEFOWA), on May 13 ran a campaign on Twitter demanding Metro rail service in their area from UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. They launched the campaign to draw the minister’s attention towards the ever-increasing traffic congestion on roads.
The campaign comes a week after Amit Mohan Prasad, CEO of Greater Noida Authority, announced that the approved Metro rail project for Noida Extension or Greater Noida (West) stands cancelled. He had cited financial constraints as the reason for cancellation of the project.
Residents say that it was not a fair decision as they had bought houses keeping in mind mass transit facilities. They had moved into their new homes hoping that the Metro rail service would come to in their locality in the near future. But the project was cancelled after most flats in several residential complexes were sold.
Amarjeet Rathore, a resident of Gaur City, told City Spidey, “Many residents have tagged CM Yogi in their tweets demanding Metro rail service for their convenience. We are also planning to meet the CEO and the CM to insist on taking back the decision to cancel the project.”
Here are some of the tweets:
New Govt promised development on fast Track but Noida Extn Residents got shock with cancellation of Metro proposal #मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी pic.twitter.com/TP9T58pel9
— Amarjeet Rathore (@vistadreamz) May 13, 2017
Cancellation of Noida Extension Metro is ultra regressive. How on earth you expect a million odd population to commute. #मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी
— Fringe Element🇮🇳 (@tellalok) May 13, 2017
#मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी In one year Noida Extension will add up 10 lakh new population, how it can be supported without Metro #myogiadityanath
— Sapan Rastogi (@sapanrastogi) May 13, 2017
Problem of funding can be addressed by carefully structuring the project in PPP. #मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी pic.twitter.com/YVV1mZBmjb
— Rashmi R Mallick (@rashmirmallick) May 13, 2017
Foundation of good urban planning is urban commutation, Noida Extension must have Metro running #मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी @myogiadityanath
— NEFOWA (@nefowa2) May 13, 2017
Noida Extension is already witnessing heavy traffic load on city, it need Metro support #मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी @myogiadityanath @vinodrajputs
— NEFOWA (@nefowa2) May 13, 2017
Failure of GNIDA to collect from its debtors should not be penalize the residents of Gr Noida West #मेटà¥à¤°à¥‹_दिलाओ_योगीजी@pawansinghNBT
— Shweta Bharti (@Shwetabharti22) May 13, 2017