India, Oct. 1 -- The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) said on Tuesday to have launched a crackdown against unauthorised housing projects in which small-time developers offer residential plots near Noida International Airport.

The action follows many complaints from plot buyers being tricked by developers in unauthorised projects in the catchment area of Noida airport along the Yamuna expressway that connects Greater Noida with Agra, officials said.

The authority has decided to also lodge FIRs against all identified illegal developers, said Yeida's CEO RK Singh.

The complaints revealed that developers had been marketing fake projects at rates of Rs.15,000-18,000 per square yard, collecting lakhs of rupees from ...