India, May 10 -- Five unauthorised buildings have been demolished in Versova, with plans underway to raze 35 more in the next few days. The crackdown, led by the K-West ward office, is targeting structures built without official permission in ecologically sensitive marshlands and the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas of this western suburb. The buildings, ranging in size from ground-plus-one to ground-plus-five storeys, were found to have been constructed over the last year, despite repeated notices and warnings from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The demolished structures include: Kutur House, Sai Shraddha Nivas, Naga House, Zhemane House and Ganesh Sagar. According to civic officials, the buildings posed a potential th...