Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre (Tappal-Bajna Logistics Township) — YEIDA, Uttar Pradesh

What Is the Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre?

Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre is a proposed industrial and logistics township identified by YEIDA under the second phase of its Master Plan 2031. Just after the expressway's Tappal intersection, the township is being planned as a logistics and warehousing cluster, planned to be developed in two phases and divided into 35 sectors on both sides of the expressway. One estimate puts the overall township at 11,104 hectares, while another describes it as a 27,438-acre industrial and residential township near the Noida International Airport.

Its most concrete and advanced component is the Multimodal Logistics Park (MMLP). The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority has proposed to develop a Multimodal Logistics Park facility at Tappal Bajna located within YEIDA, with the objective to optimize the present potential, enhance investment climate and promote the economic development of the area.

Who Is Building It

YEIDA is the state development authority responsible for the region. The UP Government enacted the UP Industrial Development Act, 1976 to ensure planned development of industrial and allied activities, and YEIDA operates under this framework alongside NOIDA and Greater NOIDA.

The Uttar Pradesh Government is working on a detailed project report (DPR) for this industrial township in accordance with the Master Plan 2031 (second phase) of YEIDA. On the investment side, during a trip of YEIDA and state government officials to Japan, Mitsui expressed its desire to develop a logistics park here — an expression of interest, not a confirmed deal.

The logistics park component alone is costed between ₹990 crore to ₹1,040 crore for land acquisition and essential infrastructure development.

Notified Area, Villages and Districts

The Tappal-Bajna project sits in Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Land assembly is happening in stages, and the figures reported so far describe overlapping proposals rather than one finalised footprint:

• In 2023, YEIDA issued a notification to acquire 736 hectares and is currently conducting a social impact assessment (SIA) — this is the only tranche formally notified to date.
• YEIDA plans to acquire 1,900 hectares of land in Tappal village for the logistics park and other projects, of which the 736 ha above is a first tranche.
• Separately, planning documents list 1,449 hectares in Tappal-Bajna (Aligarh) for logistics parks and industrial development, alongside a related 178-hectare logistics-park proposal in nearby Dorpuri-Stharol villages.
• A letter has been sent to the Aligarh administration requesting a social impact assessment for over 1,600 hectares earmarked for logistics park and industrial development in the Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre, a process that evaluates community impact and ensures fair compensation for farmers and landowners.

The area under YEIDA's watch is large and multi-village: YEIDA's CEO, Arun Vir Singh, raised concerns in December about the rapid emergence of unauthorized colonies across 90 villages in the area.

Why It Exists

The township's location is its main rationale. It sits at the interchange near Tappal, at the intersection of the Yamuna Expressway and SH-22A, and lies close to the new Jewar airport: the distance between the Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre and the Jewar Airport project site is approximately 10 to 15 kilometres.

The plan is to capture freight and industrial demand that the airport and the wider expressway corridor will generate. The stated objective is to optimize the present potential, enhance investment climate and promote economic development of the area with a major thrust on industrial activities, with the MMLP expected to develop as a storage and warehousing hub. More specifically, the township is designed to meet the rising cargo demands of western UP, NCR, Haryana and Rajasthan, and will house specialised warehouses for cement, steel, grains and automobiles, along with repair facilities, weighbridges and rail-customs links.

Current Status

As of January 2025, Tappal-Bajna is still primarily a land-assembly and planning-stage project rather than an operating township:

• A 2023 notification covers 736 hectares, and a social impact assessment is currently underway, being carried out by Gautam Buddha University with survey teams formed in the affected districts, per YEIDA's own plans.
• The area faces a serious encroachment problem. YEIDA has urged the Aligarh administration to halt land registries and curb unauthorized constructions in the Tappal-Bajna area, following widespread encroachments reported within the notified area, which threaten the multi-modal logistics park scheme.
• Despite notices to colonizers, plots continue to be sold to buyers from Delhi-NCR, with residential plots priced between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 per square metre.
• In response, OSD Shailendra Singh announced plans for an anti-encroachment drive aimed at removing illegal constructions, in collaboration with local authorities to ensure compliance with YEIDA's regulations.

No physical construction of the logistics park or industrial sectors has been reported; the current phase is notification, SIA and encroachment control.

Headline Connectivity

Tappal-Bajna's core connectivity advantage is the Yamuna Expressway itself. Interchanges along YEIDA's Phase-II area are located near Tappal (at the intersection of the expressway and SH-22A), near Raya, and at intersections with NH-93 and NH-2, providing regional connectivity to the YEIDA area.

It is being positioned as a logistics anchor for larger freight networks: the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor's proposed route passes directly through or near this belt, making Tappal a potential eastern logistics anchor for a corridor stretching toward Mumbai, and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor has been considered the transportation backbone while developing the DMIC project.

A further planned link is the proposed 32 km, four-lane Aligarh-Palwal Expressway, costing about ₹2,300 crore, which would connect directly to the Yamuna Expressway at Tappal and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway at Palwal — though this remains a proposed, not built, link.

What Happens Next

Several parallel processes need to conclude before Tappal-Bajna moves from paper to construction:

• DPR and land use: the state government is preparing a detailed project report for this industrial township under Master Plan 2031 Phase II.
• Social Impact Assessment: the SIA covering land beyond the initial 736 hectares is ongoing, with Gautam Buddha University conducting the survey before any further notification can proceed.
• Encroachment clearance: the anti-encroachment drive across the affected villages needs to run its course to protect the notified footprint before serious construction can start.
• Logistics park phasing: once land is secured, the MMLP itself is meant to be built in three phases — 205 acres in Phase I, 110 acres in Phase II, and 48 acres in Phase III, with total expenditure of ₹1,040 crore.
• Wider Master Plan 2031 Phase II: Tappal-Bajna is one of several linked urban centres — alongside Raya, and proposed centres near Agra and Hathras — being planned together as part of YEIDA's expanded footprint.