India, April 20 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) will finalise a consultant in the coming week to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) of the authority's proposed 521-hectare Harnandipuram Township, officials said on Saturday.

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Proposed near the Delhi Meerut Road and also near to the Regional Rapid Transit System corridor, the new township involves procurement of land directly from farmers on direct-purchase mode, and land of eight villages will be taken up in two phases, they added.

"After the GDA floated a request for proposal, three consultant firms participated in a presentation and one of these will be selected within a week. Thereafter, the DPR preparation process will start and take about two months to ...