India, Oct. 13 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has paid Rs.76 crore to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to acquire 49 acres of land in Sector 107 for constructing a 500 million litres per day (MLD) sewage treatment plant (STP), said officials. This facility will cater to sewage from developing sectors 81 to 115, they added. The decision was finalised during a recent meeting chaired by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini.

During the meeting, the state government approved the transfer of 49.93 acres of land from the MCG to the GMDA after determining there was no provision for a free transfer between government bodies. Rajesh Bansal, GMDA's chief engineer, said, "We will soon get possession of the l...