India, June 18 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is planning to reclaim land from a privately developed colony in Kaliya Kheda village for its new Anant Nagar housing project on Mohaan road. However, residents from approximately 35 homes are standing their ground, saying they have been living here for a decade.

LDA officials claimed that the privately developed colony has been built on land earmarked for the new housing project and said they plan to vacate the area and provide compensation to the residents. The residents are refusing to move, claiming they have documents to prove their ownership.

"We have legal documents that show our possession on the land isn't illegal. How can they remove us," asked Santosh Kumar Sha...