India, May 18 -- In a long-anticipated and high-impact anti-encroachment drive, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Saturday demolished 36 illegal bungalows from the River Villa project, located within the blue flood line of the Indrayani River in Chikhali. The entire operation was completed in under ten hours.

Acting on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), officials and personnel from the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), along with a heavy police force, reached the River Villa project in Chikhali village in the morning. The demolition drive, which began around 6 am under heavy police protection, lasted for around 5 pm when all the riverside structures were brought down using a large number of e...