Thane : In a massive demolition drive on Saturday, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) razed more than 100 structures, most of them illegal.
The drive, which began in the morning, was undertaken to make way for a service road on the busy Ghodbunder Road which links the city with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway.
According to a TMC release, more than a hundred structures were demolished under heavy police protection.
Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal, along with senior officials of the civic body supervised the drive which was initially opposed by some of the occupants.
Offences were registered against nine persons, who tried to create hindrance in the drive, the release said.
Talking to the media at the demolition site, Jaiswal said that the demolition drive will be carried out till work on the service road is completed.
When asked about people who may have lost what they built, the civic chief said rehabilitation would be undertaken for those people who are eligible for it.
