Authority offers plots to Noida’s nursing homes

NOIDA: Offering relief to the 50-odd nursing homes operating from residential plots displaced by a Supreme Court order, Noida Authority has decided to launch a scheme to allot them alternate plots across the city. This decision was approved in the 176th board meeting of the Authority on Monday.

Authority CEO, Sanjeev Saran, said, “To begin with, a scheme for 11 plots across the city, ranging between 1,000 and 1,950 sqm will be launched soon. Allotments will be made to interested parties by August 3. In case more nursing homes show interest, the Authority will think about allotting more plots.” The price of the plots will be at par with prevailing prices in the sectors where they will be located, he added.

The Authority’s decision to help the displaced nursing homes relocate is in accordance with the Supreme Court order dated May 4, 2012. The court had at the time directed the Authority to allot land at reasonable rates within three months. The court had also clarified that the benefit would not apply to individual doctors.

Following the December 5, 2011 Supreme Court ruling directing all nursing homes and banks to shift out of residential plots, the Noida Authority had directed them to shut operations immediately. The Authority then conducted a new survey of the residential sectors to identify defaulting nursing homes and to segregate them from clinics that are operating from the permissible 25% area of the total FAR of residential plots.

Displaced nursing home owners then approached the apex court seeking relief. The Supreme Court then permitted clinics to house one bed for emergency cases on the condition that the area of operation would be restricted to the permissible 25% area of the ground floor of their respective premises.

In the board meeting, the Authority also announced that a scheme offering 15 more plots across the city will be launched soon to help relocate the displaced bank branches that had earlier been operating from residential plots.