NOIDA: The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has removed illegal colonizers and constructions from five hectares of land along the Hindo flood plains during an anti-encroachment drive, officials said on Thursday.

GNIDA, which works under the Uttar Pradesh government, bulldozed illegal constructions as colonizers tried to set up a new colony in Tugalpu village, the authority said in a statement.

"GNIDA CEO NG Ravi Kumar has again directed to take action against encroachment in the notified area of ​​the authority and continuous action is being taken by the project department to remove the encroachment," it said.

Senior Manager Nagendra Singh said that the team of Work Circle 4 ran a bulldozer on illegal construction on about five hectares of land in the submerged area of ​​Tugalpur, where some colonizers were trying to build a colony.

GNIDA General Manager and OSD of Project Department, Himanshu Verma has warned the encroachers of similar action in future.