GDA Board Vets Harnandipuram Township Map (August 2024)

What the Board Decided

At a board meeting held on a Monday (August 5, 2024), the GDA Board vetted the township map for a new project named Harnandipuram. The map of the new township was vetted at the GDA Board's meeting, and it was described as spanning from Pipeline Road in the north of the city to Northern Peripheral Road in the east and Morti in the south, with the Hindon river flowing by certain parts of the township, according to GDA secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.

Approval of the map by the Board was described as a step preceding formal government sign-off. If approved by the government, this would be the first township that GDA builds since Madhuban Bapudham around 15 years ago.

Area and Boundaries

Reported figures for the township's size vary slightly by source. With some parts of the township off the Hindon, 'Harnandipuram' was reported to come up on around 1,300 acres — almost the size of Indirapuram. Later coverage converted this to metric terms: the Harnandipuram township will cover an area of around 520 hectares, nearly equal to Indirapuram, stretching from Pipeline Road in the north to Northern Peripheral Road in the east and Morta in the south, with the Hindon River flowing through certain parts.

A later breakdown of the land base indicated: the project covers 520 hectares, with 462 hectares to be procured directly from farmers to speed up the land acquisition process, around 11 hectares already owned by the GDA, and the rest to be sourced from gram sabhas.

Land Acquisition Across the Named Villages

Per the brief and GDA's own statements, the township requires acquiring farmland across eight named villages — Mathurapur, Nagla Firoz, Mohanpur, Shamsher, Champat Nagar, Bhenda Khurd, Shahpur Morta, Morta and Bhowpur. Contemporary press quotes from GDA secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh listed a similar but slightly longer set of village names: 'Land will have to be acquired from farmers first. According to our plan, we have to undertake the acquisition process in villages such as Nagla Ferozepur, Mohanpur, Morta, Bhowpur, Atour, Champat Nagar, Shamsher, Bhenda Khurd, Mathurapur and Shapur Morta,' Singh said.

The estimated cost of acquisition was reported as a shared state-authority expense. The land acquisition process is likely to cost around Rs 5,000 crore, with the state government and GDA sharing the cost equally. A committee was set up to fix rates: a committee comprising GDA and district administration officials was formed to determine the market rate for land purchases, reviewing recent sale deeds and identifying encumbrance-free land to finalise rates.

Other Decisions Cleared at the Same Board Meeting

• Wave City revised DPR: The Board also cleared a revised project report of Wave City, paving the way for registries and land allotments for around 12,000 people, with the revised DPR of 3,786.8 acres getting Board approval.
• Indirapuram extension / stalled land parcel: The extension was reported to cover an area of 3 lakh square metres, with the GDA to create 116 plots from this parcel that had remained unsold despite 26 auction rounds; a committee recommended selling smaller plots rather than a single large tract, a suggestion approved by the Board.
• Unsold flat inventory: At the same meeting it was decided to freeze the existing rates of flats that GDA has failed to sell in years — an inventory of 1,748 flats in various housing schemes, costing over Rs 500 crore, with the 2024-25 financial-year cost of each flat reserved for the future.
• Infrastructure consultants: For infrastructure projects such as Medi City, Logistics Hub, Education City and Aerocity, the Board allowed GDA to hire a consultant, with land to be earmarked preferably along the Hindon Elevated Road, Eastern Peripheral Road and Delhi-Dehradun Expressway.

Practical Effect and Status Since the Decision

The August 5 board vetting was a preparatory step, not a final launch. Following this, on September 23, 2024, the development authority announced the future course of the project, with Phase 1 work to begin by 2025.

By late 2025/early 2026, GDA had moved into the land-acquisition and DPR stage rather than a public scheme launch. GDA appointed a professional consulting agency to prepare the Detailed Project Report and overall layout of the township, with first-phase planning work focused on nearly 100 hectares of land. Separate coverage similarly noted Phase 1 development has been linked to about 336 hectares of land, with a budget allocation of ₹400 crore from the state government for initial development and acquisition support.

As of early 2026, official brochures and confirmed plot pricing had not yet been issued; industry commentary described the project as currently in the land acquisition phase, expected to launch around late 2026 or 2027. No RERA registration number, final layout plan, or confirmed price list had been located in current reporting — investors should treat any third-party pricing or 'GDA-approved' plot claims circulating online as unverified until GDA issues an official brochure.