LDA shelves Vyom Khand ?special offer?

THE LDA on Tuesday shelved its exclusive offer inviting applications only from those who had applied earlier under its Vyom Khand scheme in the wake of some new plots that had surfaced in the scheme following a site survey.

THE LDA on Tuesday shelved its exclusive offer inviting applications only from those who had applied earlier under its Vyom Khand scheme in the wake of some new plots that had surfaced in the scheme following a site survey.

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LDA Vice Chairman BB Singh took the decision after HT Lucknow Live highlighted and questioned the contentious move in its report on Tuesday. "We have decided to withdraw the offer because of unavoidable circumstances and a public notice in this connection has already been issued for the benefit of all," said Singh.

He said the move was prompted by an impression that was created in the media questioning both the timing as well as the rationale behind the proposed offer.

Here it is pertinent to mention that the LDA VC had already expressed his reservation over the lack of proper information in the advertisement that was put out by the department inviting applications from only those people who had applied beforehand under the scheme.

The public notice put out by the LDA on June 25 urged those who had applied beforehand under the Vyom Khand scheme and were willing to retain their registration to contact their respective banks through which they had applied through an application. In case, their registration amount was refunded they were asked to deposit it back again in the authority's account to renew their registration for the scheme before July 10, 2006. What had put a question mark over the scheme was also the fact only a month back the LDA had allotted as many as 740 plots under its Vyom Khand scheme through lottery draws.