India, May 14 -- The Greater Noida authority on Wednesday said that it has removed encroachment in Khedi Bhanota area, demolishing illegal construction on 40,000 square meters of land to intensify action against illegal constructions.

The land having a market value of Rs.80 crore was freed from encroachment on Tuesday, said officials in an official statement.

According to the Authority's general manager, AK Singh, some persons were trying to carry out plotting on Khasra numbers 132, 133, and 135 of village Bhanota and on surrounding land.

It was the same land acquired and notified by the authority for the well-planned development, and the unauthorised persons were grabbing it, Singh added.

The action was undertaken after the work circ...