Greater Noida Authority has decided to come down heavily on squatters who have illegally encroached upon the Government land. Authority has prepared a list of nearly 32 illegally built colonies in the region, where anti-encroachment drive is expected to be initiated from Monday. The authority officials have sought adequate police protection from district police to get back the land from the muscleman turned property dealers.
To initiate penal action against the encroachers, a meeting of authority officials was convened on Saturday last, the officials decided to recover the possession of land soon from these people so the developmental projects could take place. The officials also raised serious concern over increasing cases of encroachment in and around the villages of Greater Noida that has been marred the pace of the developmental projects in the whole region. The senior officials also ordered to all circle in-charges for conducting a survey and prepare a final list of the areas where encroachment has been done.
According to an authority official, Chipiyana, Tigari, Saberi, Chak-Saberi, Haibatpur, Kuleshra, Jalpura, Suthyana, lakhnawali, Sufipur, Devli, Surajpur, Saidulapur, Kudi-Kheda, Dhum-Manikpur, Saini and Sunpura are the main villages where anti-encroachment drive is likely to be taken place from the next week.