Noida building collapse: Who’s to blame for illegal buildings? Not us, says GNIDA

Noida | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

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The village remains under the administration of GNIDA,” insisted a senior district administration official.An internal letter of the Greater Noida Authority, in response to a complaint against illegal construction in the Greater Noida West area (known as Noida Extension), states that construction of buildings can take place only after permission from the GNIDA. However, in 2014, then CEO Rama Raman had said the Authority was planning to reacquire the land at higher rates. NOIDA: A day after the building collapse claimed eight lives, the local administration and the development authority blamed each other for the complete lack of enforcement of rules that led to the tragedy. The village has several multi-storey buildings being sold for lakhs for residential purposes. In fact, neither of the buildings that collapsed had the requisite permissions, officials said..