Delhi Metro will be operational till Noida by May 2009 and there are plans that Greater Noida too will be connected to Delhi via Metro by 2011. Noida and Greater Noida Authorities are working a joint plan with Delhi Metro to make it feasible.
Formula One race track to come up in Greater Noida :
Delhi-based infrastructure major JP Associates has won an exclusive 10-year contract to host the premier race in Greater Noida. The race track, to be developed by the JP group, will be near the proposed Greater Noida airport about 50 km from Delhi. The Noida authority has already given in-principle approval for the site, sources said. The Rs 1,500-crore project will be spread over around 350 acres land.
Night Safari Zoological Gardens:
In Greater Noida to be developed on 150 acres plot on Taj Expressway makes India the 4th Asian country after Singapore, Bangkok & China. Apart from being able to drive through a 75-acre night safari park, on battery driven vehicles, NCR residents will also enjoy food courts, souvenir shops and other entertainment on the lines of Singapore. In the night, visitors can see them in their natural forms.
India Expo Trade Mart & Socio Culture Center :
Away from the congested and traffic hit Pragati Maidan area, the India Exposition Mart at the Noida-Greater Expressway serves as the perfect exhibition ground for displaying Indian cottage industryproductsand attracting foreign buyers to the country. This is the country’s first state-of-the-art Exposition Mart for cottage and handicrafts sector, set up by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), Ministry of Textiles. The Mart is built and operated on the pattern of Shanghai Mart and other international marts. The entire Exposition Mart holds exhibitions round the year. Spread over 2,35,000 sq. metres the complex has about 1800 marts of 24 sq. met. The entire building is centrally air-conditioned.
Taj International Airport :
The long standing proposal of an international airport is waiting to see the light of the day.The airport will provide much needed relief from the high air traffic zone - New Delhi airport. Encashing on the current aviation boom in the country, the airport would facilitate tourism, cargo, aviation and non-aviation facilities. The airport will be directly connected to the Taj Expressway, which has access for New Delhi via DND Flyway and Greater Noida Expressway.
Surajpur Bird Sanctuary :
The bird sanctuary would be on the lines of Singapore’s Jurong bird park. The sanctuary named ’Greater Noida Bird Habitat’ would be built on the lowland, natural water body — Surajpur Jheel — and is said to be one the largest bird sanctuaries of the country. The forest department, which has already started implementing the project, will treat and develop 330 hectares bird habitat on the lake area measuring 108 hectares.
Integrated transport hub :
GNIDA intends to develop an integrated transportation hub in the city on nearly 600 acres land. The proposed transport hub is also said to provide bus and train services. The hub will also have ISBT and a railway station. GNIDA has identified the existing Boraki Railway Station along the Delhi-Kolkata northern railway line for the integrated transportation hub.
Inland Container Depot:
Extension of Tughlakabad, New Delhi already operational to boost business & exports.
