India, July 18 -- In a renewed push to reclaim and revive the city's designated green belts, the horticulture department under Greater Noida authority has issued a 10-day ultimatum for the removal of illegal structures and activities from the green belts in Sector 3 and Patwari village in Greater Noida West, officials informed on Thursday.

Officials said that if the encroachments are not cleared voluntarily within the given time, the department will carry out removal operations on its own.

The move comes amid growing concerns over shrinking green cover in the fast-expanding urban landscape of Greater Noida West, where construction booms have often overshadowed ecological safeguards.

"Green belts are not vacant land to be grabbed, they ...