India, May 13 -- Noida authority chief executive officer Lokesh M on Monday directed the town planning department to prepare a redevelopment plan for old government housing projects and also asked the land department to identify plots for new group housing projects. He asked the department to take effective measures against the illegal construction that has so far happened in the city, officials aware of the matter said.

The directive follows a review meeting that was held on Monday.

The CEO helmed the review meeting with officials from all departments, including town planning, industry, institutional, land, water works, health and horticulture among others. In an hour-long meeting, the CEO directed the staff to take steps to clean all ...