"Yamuna City", is a new

planned city A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

initiative by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) and the third in the Gautam Budh Nagar district, following

Noida Noida (), short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (ISO: ), is a city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. As per provisional reports of Census of India, the population of Noida in 2011 was ...

and

Greater Noida Greater Noida is a planned city located in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city was created as an extension of the area under the ''UP Industrial Area Development Act, of 1976''. Situated southeast ...

. It is situated on a 25,000-hectare expanse along the

Yamuna Expressway Yamuna Expressway is a 6-lane wide (expandable to 8) and long access-controlled expressway in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is presently India's sixth longest expressway and connects Greater Noida with Agra. It was built to de-conge ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. The initial phase involves creating the Perspective Plan for the entire designated area and drafting the Master Plan 2031 for the National Capital Region, covering portions of Gautam Budh Nagar and

Bulandshahar Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr district and part of Delhi NCR region. According to the Government ...

districts. The new planned city is developed around Yamuna Expressway and the

Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (International Organization for Standardization, ISO: ''Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra''; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appoin ...

has implemented the UP Industrial Development Act, 1976, with the aim of facilitating organized growth in industrial and related endeavors. Another such new planned city by the Uttar Pradesh government is in works which is expected to be created beside

Ganga Expressway Ganga Expressway is an under-construction, long, 6-lane (expandable to 8 lanes), greenfield expressway along the Ganges River connecting eastern and western boundaries of Uttar Pradesh state in India. It constitutes two phases, almost-complete ...

Meerut Meerut (, ISO 15919, ISO: ''Mēraṭh'') is a city in the western region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, it is northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and is ...

Noida International Airport

The upcoming city will have India's largest airport Noida International Airport, which is expected to complete its construction in 2024.

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Noida International Airport

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