Overview

• Special squads led by deputy commissioner–rank officers have razed 63 illegal constructions across nine wards since June 20
• An FIR under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act was registered in the Lokmanya Nagar–Savarkar Nagar ward against offenders
• Court-mandated surveys guided demolition teams in targeting entire buildings as well as plinths, columns and unauthorized extensions
• Residents in the Khan Compound area of Mumbra protested the drive over a lack of prior notice and absence of alternative shelter during monsoon rains
• The High Court directed TMC to submit a report within three weeks on action taken against assistant commissioner Faruk Shaikh for alleged complicity