LUCKNOW, Nov. 24 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is set to begin a land survey in Sharda Nagar for a new economically weaker section (EWS) housing project. The move follows the launch of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel EWS units, where high demand for flats prompted chief minister Yogi Adityanath to direct both the LDA and the UP Housing and Development Board to identify land for additional EWS housing schemes.

According to LDA vice-chairman (VC) Prathamesh Kumar, the authority has around 3-4 hectares of vacant land in the Sharda Nagar scheme, which it plans to use for the new project.

"The upcoming scheme will accommodate applicants who could not secure flats in the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel project near the 1090 intersection. W...