India, April 18 -- The Noida authority freed 950,000 square metres of land worth Rs.970 crore from encroachment in the 2024-25 financial year. Noida authority chief executive officer Lokesh M made the claim during the authority's 49th foundation day celebrations as officials of departments such as land, horticulture, group housing, civil and industry shared details about the work done in the past year.

"We directed the land department staff to identify government land that was encroached upon and ran drives to free this land earmarked for planned development in the city. The authority freed Rs.970 crore worth land measuring 950,000 square metres across villages and sectors. We also began a new initiative this year to address farmers' iss...