India, Aug. 26 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is contemplating invoking the land acquisition process if they could not purchase land directly from farmers for the ambitious 521-hectare Harnandipuram Township near the Delhi-Meerut Road.

Officials said that since the start of June, they have been able to get only about 25 hectares at present for phase-1 development of the scheme. Phase-1 involves development on an area of about 336.84 hectares.

They said that they have estimated to procure land for phase-1 in six months, starting from June. Initially, the authority had planned to purchase land directly from farmers instead of going directly for the land acquisition process.

"As of now, we have about 25 hectares that was pur...