India, Jan. 29 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) will engage with farmers to explain the benefits of its land pooling policy for acquiring land for its IT City and Wellness City projects. For this, the administration will organise open village meetings and run focused publicity campaigns for the understanding of farmers.

During a review meeting of LDA's development works on Thursday, divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant emphasised that the land pooling model offers farmers far greater returns than traditional land acquisition. LDA joint secretary Sushel Pratap Singh, along with other officials were also present.

Pant said farmers who offer land under the policy receive 25% of developed residential plots within the...