NOIDa, Oct. 19 -- The Noida authority has decided to expedite land acquisition for New Noida, also known as the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region (DNGIR), after 281 landowners submitted consent forms to hand over their land through mutual agreement, officials said on Sunday. Noida authority CEO Krishna Karunesh reviewed the project at a meeting on Saturday and directed officials to begin the acquisition process at the earliest. "We have instructed officials to start the land acquisition process. The rates have already been approved by the state government. A meeting with villagers and gram pradhans was held last week. We aim to develop New Noida in a time-bound manner," Karunesh said. Around 20,000 hectares are to be acquired in four ...