Ghaziabad, June 25 -- The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Tuesday freed about 10 hectares of prime land, demolishing illegal shanties and settlements in Kanawani area, part of the Indirapuram Extension. Encroachment was removed with the help of the civil police and deployment of provincial armed constabulary personnel on Tuesday, said GDA officials. "The land had been encroached upon for years, and a number of shanties, permanent constructions, and other allied commercial activities were rampant. The entire land was freed up ...It is estimated that the developed land here would generate a revenue of about Rs.800 crore for the authority," said GDA's media coordinator Rudresh Shukla. The land is close to the Hindon elevated road, from where the GDA has recently planned to give commuters of Indirapuram and Vasundhara easy access to Delhi, GDA officials said.Peeyush Khandelwal...