Ghaziabad, Aug. 26 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is contemplating to invoke land acquisition process if they could not purchase land directly from farmers for the 521-hectare Harnandipuram Township near the Delhi-Meerut Road. Officials said since June, they have been able to get only about 25 hectares directly from farmers for phase-1 development of the scheme. Phase-1 involves development on 336.84 hectares. They said that they have estimated to procure land for phase-1 in six months, starting from June. Initially, the authority had planned to purchase land directly from farmers instead of going directly for the land acquisition process. "In six months, we have projected and estimated that we may get the entire land for phase-1. However, the progress is slow. In the coming time, we are expecting that landowners having big land chunks may turn up to offer their land. If we don't get land, we may go in for the land acquisition process and will bring a proposal to the board meeting scheduled after the upcoming board meeting (on September 2)," said GDA's vice-chairperson Atul Vats. The entire township is planned across approximately 521 hectares, with phase-1 involving purchase land from five villages. In total, land will be procured from eight villages in successive phases. GDA on March 29 announced farmers would be compensated at four times the circle rate in five villages. "We've planned to start work for phase-1 of the township at ground-level once we amass a minimum of 100 hectares," Vats added....