India, Sept. 11 -- The enforcement wing of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Wednesday cleared around three acres of land in Sector 31 that had been under illegal occupation for the past 15 years, officials said.

The land had been earmarked as a green belt but about 100 unauthorised jhuggis (slums) had come up on the site, GMDA officials said. Despite several notices, the encroachers did not vacate the area.

RS Bhath, district town planner, GMDA, said a joint team of the enforcement wing, Gurugram police and local RWAs carried out the demolition. "A two-month notice was served to all jhuggi dwellers to clear the green belt. Even after repeated notices and sufficient time for relocation, the land remained encroach...