SECTOR – 18

The Noida Authority had installed vertical gardens on the pillars of Metro stations of Sectors 15, 16, 18, Noida City Centre and Noida Elevated Road in August last year. This year, the vertical gardens were also put up at the newly-opened Kalindi Kunj Bridge. However, according to officials of the Authority, around 150 planters, which lined the lower rows of the vertical gardens, have been stolen from these locations. “We are in the process of filing an FIR and strict action will be taken against those who have done this,” says Rajiv Tyagi, General Manager, Noida Authority.

SECTOR 16 METRO STATION Rickshaw and auto drivers that work around the Metro stations of Sectors 15, 16, 18 and Noida City Center, say that the planters are often hit by the bags of pedestrians crossing the road through the dividers.Three members of the dreaded ‘auto-rickshaw’ gang, which had robbed, beaten up and tried to rape a 22-year-old woman on March 18 and several similar cases, were arrested on Wednesday. Based on the description by the woman, several police teams launched a manhunt and inquired about men of the description provided by the victim.