Ghaziabad, June 18 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) will launch the first phase of Harnandipuram housing scheme near Raj Nagar Extension in September, on a 48-hectare land parcel, authority officials announced on Wednesday.

The entire township is proposed to come up over 501 hectares spread across the eight villages of Mathurapur, Shamsher, Champat Nagar, Bhaneda Khurd, Nagla Firoz Mohanpur, Bhovapur, Shahpur Nij Morta, and Morta.

The authority said it has procured land from farmers and other landowners as a direct purchase.

In May 2025, the authority proposed launching the first phase on about 120-130 hectares of land from five villages.

But the authority faced difficulties in procuring contiguous land parcels, and later ...