India, July 25 -- The Greater Noida authority has penalised and blacklisted a private firm for felling fully grown trees in the green belt of Sector Chi-3, following complaints against the contractor Yogendra Associates who was assigned the civil work in the area.

Greater Noida authority chief executive officer (CEO) Ravi Kumar NG decided to blacklist the concerned contractor (Yogendra Associates) while ordering to seize the contractor's security money besides filing of a first information report (FIR), as he took cognizance of the incident of tree cutting in the green belt.

The authority's additional CEO Shree Lakshmi VS found the evidence during a site inspection conducted along with deputy general manager (horticulture department) Sa...