Ghaziabad, Feb. 25 -- The land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement authority (Larra) in Gautam Budh Nagar directed the attachment of official vehicles and movable property of two senior officials of the Ghaziabad development authority (GDA) because the authority is yet to pay up hiked land compensation amount to farmers.

The Larra authority issued a communication in this regard on February 19 to the Ghaziabad district magistrate and asked the official to execute the order and submit an inquiry report by February 28.

When contacted, GDA officials said that the order relates to hiked compensation sought by landowners for land acquired for the Raj Nagar housing scheme.

"The scheme was launched around the 1960s, and the landowners...