GREATER NOIDA, Aug. 1 -- The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) said on Wednesday that a new group housing plot scheme will be launched on Thursday and 19 plots, in sizes ranging from 2.5 acres to 12 acres in sectors 17, 18 and 22D that are located near the greenfield Noida International airport, will be up for grabs.

Yeida has earmarked these land parcels for group housing purposes in its Master Plan 2031.

"We could not launch the group housing plots scheme earlier because farmers had not given their land for our projects. Now, we have resolved all land compensation related issues. Farmers have taken back their writs filed before the Allahabad high court. Therefore we have adequate land to allot to private devel...