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Peeyush Khandelwal

Peeyush Khandelwal writes on a range of issues in western Uttar Pradesh – from crime, to development authorities and from infrastructure to transport. Based in Ghaziabad, he has been a journalist for almost a decade.

Articles by Peeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad to get 16 Miyawaki sites by year end

The 16 sites will cover an area of 154,735 square metres and they will be set up in Harsha industrial area, Sahibabad industrial area, Rajendra Nagar industrial area, South-side GT Road industrial area, Loha Mandi and Indirapuram/Kanawani, among others

Named after Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, this method involves planting two to four different types of indigenous trees within every square metre. The methodology was developed in the 1970s, with the basic objective to densify green cover within a small parcel of land. (Ht Archive)
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:16 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad notifies new hiked circle rates, residential properties costlier by 10-20%

Officials said circle rates were last increased in 2022 and no changes were made in 2023 owing to the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The previous average hike was about 10-12% in 2022-23, they said

As per the new rates, Niti Khand, Shakti Khand, Gyan Khand, Vaibhav Khand, Abhay Khand, Nyaya Khand, Ahimsa Khand and other residential pockets in Indirapuram have new rates of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>85,000, <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>90000 and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>95,000 per square metre (sqm) depending on location and road width. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 12, 2024 05:44 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

After backlash, Ghaziabad police defers e-rickshaw ban on Ambedkar Road

The Ghaziabad traffic police has already restricted e-rickshaw on Hapur Road between 7am and 10pm since September 2 and these curbs will continue

E-Rickshaw drivers protest at Navyug Market on Wednesday against the proposed ban on e-rickshaws on Ambedkar Road from September 12. (Sakib ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 12, 2024 05:42 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: E-rickshaw drivers protest against ban on major city roads

E-rickshaw drivers are unhappy with the move as it would hamper their daily earnings, and have demanded an immediate roll-back

The traffic police imposed restrictions on the movement of e-rickshaws from 7am to 10pm on Hapur Road stretch, which came into effect on September 2, while similar restrictions on Ambedkar Road will come into effect from September 12. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 11, 2024 06:40 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Four major roads in Indirapuram proposed for redevelopment under CM Grid scheme at a cost of 117 crore

The four roads have a combined length of 10km and they connect to National Highway-9 and witness heavy traffic movement

The CM Grid project involves the redevelopment of roads which are 10 metres or more in width. Under the scheme, the identified roads will have underground facilities for electricity, sewage/drainage and other civic utilities. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 11, 2024 06:14 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Camera in women’s dressing room: Reward announced for arrest of absconding suspect

The move comes after the Allahabad high court directed the UP chief secretary to nominate an officer, not below the rank of principal secretary, to conduct an inquiry

Police said an FIR was registered against suspect Mukesh Giri after a 45-year-old woman filed a complaint saying that she was filmed by the man on May 21 when she came for a bath. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 10, 2024 06:04 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: After Hapur Road, e-rickshaw to be banned on Ambedkar Road

E-rickshaws will not be allowed on Ambedkar Road from September 12, and the restrictions will be from 7am to 10pm and they are meant to ensure smooth flow of traffic

All internal roads leading to Ambedkar Road will have movement of e-rickshaws and they will return from the intersection point. The three intersection points are Maliwara Chowk, Kalka Garhi and Gandhi Nagar. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 10, 2024 06:06 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Family loses 3 of 4 children to fire started by short circuit

The three minors were sleeping in one of the rooms and suffered severe burns, their fourth sibling was saved as he was sleeping in another room with his grandmother

Police said Faizan succumbed to burns a day after on August 25 while his sister Nahida died on August 26. The family lost their other son Junaid, on Sunday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 10, 2024 05:56 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Unified Ghaziabad Master Plan-2031 gets GDA nod

Officials said the plan has been drawn up to cater to the needs of an estimated population of 4.81 million by 2031, this is as per the estimates of NCR subregional plan, 2031

The new plan will act as a blueprint for an area of about 32,302 hectares with 39.85% reserved for housing development, 4% for commercial and mixed land use, 10.68% for industrial, 19.67% for recreational/entertainment, and 12.79% for transport facilities, among others. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 06:18 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

YouTuber in Fortuner kidnapped from Ghaziabad, rescued by police from Mathura

Police said six suspects arrived in an Ecosport and rammed Singh’s Fortuner as he got out to check the damage, they dragged him into their car and drove away

Officials said Singh’s father got suspicious when he did not show up and he tracked Singh’s location through a GPS-enabled watch that his son was wearing (Sakib Ali/HTPhoto)
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 05:58 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

After nearly two decades, Ghaziabad authority ready to hand over Indirapuram to civic body

The physical handover of facilities such as sewage, solid waste, drainage, streetlights, roads, horticulture etc., will be effected in the next three to six months in a phased manner

Currently, the municipal corporation charges the house tax component of the property tax from households in Indirapuram while GDA provides other services on payment of a service charge. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 05:48 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad traffic police to use tech to randomise duty allotments

Officials said that manual duty assignments often resulted in personnel requesting preferred locations, raising concerns about partiality 

 In addition to the 170 fixed traffic locations, personnel are also assigned duties on 12 traffic mobile vehicles and eight towing vans. (HT Archive)
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 08:18 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Stamps revenue up as people rush to execute registries before circle rate hike

The officials said there was no hike in circle rates in fiscal 2023-24 and the rates were last increased in 2022-23, when the average hike was about 10-12%.

They said the stamps and registration department has earned about <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>147 crore more revenue over the first five months of this financial year as compared to the same period last year (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 07:46 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad authority manages to 127 flats on its unsold inventory

The authority resorted to a wide publicity campaign and also freezed sector rates to rationalize the prices of its properties as compared to the market rates or those offered by private builders. Both strategies paid off and 127 unsold properties were sold last month

Officials said 42 flats were sold in the Madhuban Bapudham housing scheme (above) as well all 48 unsold flats in Sanjaypuri scheme in Modinagar. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 06:02 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Man, boy take govt SUV for a spin, perform stunts on NH-9; detained

Police said the government vehicle belongs to Ghaziabad Development Authority and it was used by tehsildar, sadar, Ghaziabad, for official duty. Its driver Sanjay told us that his son along with a friend took the vehicle for a spin without permission

Videos of the Bolero speeding on the highway with the beacon light on and siren blaring was widely shared on social media. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 06:00 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Pipeline Road solid-waste processing site faces saturation

Civic officials on the other hand said that they are trying to get alternate site and also planning to get different sites for different corporation zones in future

The previous waste-processing site at Morta, Ghaziabad, had about 96,000 metric tonnes of solid waste, and about 92,000 metric tonnes was remediated. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 06:04 AM IST

Ghaziabad: 25,000 new flats to come under property tax ambit

GMC officials said they got a survey in July-Aug conducted in which they found newly bought flats, and these will now be brought within the purview of the tax

The corporation in areas like Indirapuram etc, which are not handed over to the civic agency as yet, charge only the house-tax component while the development agency charges residents for sewage/drainage and water supply. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 03, 2024 11:17 AM IST

Ghaziabad: Traffic police start ban on e-rickshaw movement on Hapur Road

No e-rickshaw is allowed to ply on Hapur Road from Old Bus Stand to Dasna rail overbridge adjacent to NH-9 from 7am to 10pm.

Officials had announced last week that Hapur Road, connecting Ghaziabad city to NH-9, will be out of bounds for e-rickshaws as these vehicles were hindering the flow of fast-moving traffic. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 03, 2024 05:52 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: MBA student beaten, robbed at gunpoint in auto-rickshaw

The perpetrators snatched the victim’s mobile phone and demanded the PIN of his online wallet, beating him after he refused

The victim managed to walk several kilometres along railway tracks to Tilak Bridge railway station in Delhi, where he sought help from a passenger to reach his home in Ghaziabad (Sakib Ali/HT Photo (Representative Image))
Published on Aug 31, 2024 07:11 PM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Violence in Brij Vihar: Police book 250 for rioting following minor’s rape

The violence unfolded after girl’s family on late Wednesday evening alleged that she was raped by one of her Muslim neighbours

Police said they are carrying out a detailed investigation, but the family has not been able to disclose the identities or names of the three alleged suspects. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 06:50 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Torture of 22-year-old woman: Woman was also raped, says Ghaziabad police; four arrested

Police said she was raped by her friend at a hotel in Rishikesh before she was dumped near a petrol pump in Ghaziabad the next day

Police on Friday identified the four suspects as Anshu Chaudhary and his three friends Aditya Kapoor, Yash Aujal and Mustafa, all aged between 21 and 24 years. (Representational image)
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 06:32 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad civic body allots funds for projects to tackle solid waste, bad air

Officials said about ₹128 crore was approved for works related to solid waste management while ₹19 crore was earmarked for improving air quality

The other works include purchase of poclain machine for cleaning drains, mechanised cleaning of public urinals, purchase of equipment for mechanised road cleaning and works for improving primary and secondary solid waste collection centres, among others. (HT Archive)
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 07:56 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 22-year-old woman tortured by male friend, dumped outside petrol pump

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly subjected to physical torture by her 23-year-old male friend, who forcibly took her to Rishikesh on August 21 along with his three friends, and later dumped her near a petrol pump in Govindpuram, Ghaziabad, in a semi conscious condition on August 22, senior police officers said on Thursday

A human rights protection group, DK Foundation of Freedom and Justice, posted the pictures on X around 4.58pm on August 24 and alleged that the four men took the woman to Rishikesh and inflicted injuries on her body using a metal object, besides biting her, while trying to rape her. (Representational image)
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 07:02 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad on edge after man is held for rape of minor girl

Following the clashes, Ghaziabad police deployed about 200 security personnel in Brij Vihar, near Delhi’s Vivek Vihar border. Late in the evening, police officers were seen baton-charging the protesters in order to clear the roads

Locals in Brij Vihar resorted to rioting after a 14-year-old girl is raped allegedly by a 21-year-old man in the neighbourhood on Wednesday evening. (HT Photo/Video Grab)
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 06:46 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

49 objections received on proposal to hike circle rates in Ghaziabad

Officials said most of the objections sought a reduction in circle rates in urban colonies while many farmers demanded a hike in circle rates in rural segments

the proposal has an average hike of 10-20% in residential property, 15-20% in commercial property rates and a 5-10% rise in agricultural land, said officials. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 08:34 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Woman fakes acid attack to implicate husband, marry male friend; held

Senior police officers said the two were in a relationship and because neither of them was divorced, they came up with the acid attack plan to get their respective spouses and in-laws arrested

The police identified the women as Priyanka Kaushik, a resident of a high-rise in Raj Nagar Extension, Ghaziabad, and her male friend as Pulkit Tyagi, a resident of Wazirabad in Delhi. Their accomplice was identified as Ankit Singh, a resident of Sanjay Nagar in Ghaziabad, who is Kaushik’s former driver. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 08:18 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Armed bikers loot 12 lakh cash from Noida trader on NH-9

First, they broke the front windshield and the side window glasses of the trader’s car. Then they pointed a gun at him, pulled out the bag containing ₹12 lakh, and sped away on NH-9, police said

The underpass in Chhajarsi near NH-9, where the trader was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 08:12 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 21-year-old arrested for extorting jewellery from minor girl after blackmailing her

According to police, Meena became friendly with the girl online about eight months ago and extorted gold and silver jewellery worth ₹8 lakh and about ₹40,000 cash from the girl

Police identified the suspect as Tarun Meena, a resident of Shalimar Garden Extension 1, and said he is a college graduate who is currently jobless. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 07:46 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Camera at women’s dressing room in ‘Chota Haridwar’: HC pulls up govt for not disclosing evidence

The court during a hearing on July 5 directed the state government to file a counter affidavit, disclosing the evidence found during investigation

An FIR was registered against suspect Mukesh Giri after a 45-year-old woman filed a complaint saying that she was filmed by the man on May 21 when she came for a bath. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 06:22 AM IST
By, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad development authority set to give nod for transit-oriented zones

GDA officials said the proposal is most likely to go through as neither of the objections received are grave in nature

TOD zones are a form of mixed land use zones in which residential and commercial activities can be developed together. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 26, 2024 10:50 AM IST
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