India, Aug. 22 -- Greater Noida In an anti-encroachment drive, the Greater Noida authority on Wednesday freed nearly 25,000 square metres of floodplain land in Bisrakh village, near Greater Noida West, officialssaid on Thursday.

The authority deployed bulldozers to raze unauthorised constructions where colonisers were attempting illegal plotting.

Greater Noida authority chief executive officer Ravi Kumar NG has directed the land department team to intensify action against encroachments in notified areas that are earmarked for planned development.

"An anti-encroachment drive was carried out at Khasra numbers 112 and 113 in Bisrakh. The demolition drive, conducted in presence of senior officials, lasted about two hours. Three JCB machine...