The Lucknow Development Authority(LDA) on Wednesday took back the green belt land given on lease to a prominent hotel in Gomtinagar.
“On completion of the lease period and alleged violation of lease terms by the hotel management, LDA vice-chairman Akshay Tripathi cancelled the allotment of the land,” read the LDA statement.
Tripathi said, “On February 17, 1994 the authority had given 14.217 acre of green belt land located in Vipin Khand, Gomtinagar on a lease of 25 years. Its lease period expired on February 16, 2019.”
“The hotel management submitted an application for lease renewal. Thereafter, the in-charge officer-acquisition, property officer and executive engineer were instructed to submit a report after conducting on-site inspection. On inspection, it was found that the terms and conditions of the lease agreement were violated by the hotel management,” he said.
“The green belt was used by the hotel management for business related activities like marriages, parties and other ceremonies. At the same time, under the lease agreement, the hotel management was to develop the green belt and keep it open to the general public for free entry, which never happened. Apart from this, the hotel management also did not fulfil the condition of allotment of 1,000 rooms every year to the tourism department included in the contract,” read the LDA statement.
Now the authority has decided to develop the green belt land as a public park. From Monday, the park will be opened to the general public and the entry will be free.
