Noida Authority on Saturday morning sealed 8 buildings and 12 shops owing to illegal construction and encroachments in Garhi Chaukhandi village.
This area falls under work circle 5 of Noida Authority had been facing the problem oof encroachment and illegal construction since 2006, when authority had first acquired the land.
Although the authority has acquired the land in 2006, land records were not updated until 2014 thereby leading to fraudulent sale and purchase. Since the land has been sold a multiple times.
Rajesh Singh , Noida authority official said “there are small builders in the area who construct multi-storey buildings and sell those to villagers. We are taking actions against builders and not the villagers. We have also sealed the building that are not occupied yet.”
As per the land rehabilitation and resettlement rules of 2011, those who have not collected the compensation amount can apply for the reclamation of the acquired land, provided they have proper documentation.
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