India, Feb. 3 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday carried out an anti-encroachment drive along Mohammed Ali Road and Ibrahim Merchant Road, two of south Mumbai's busiest commercial corridors, removing illegal extensions and unauthorised hawkers that had narrowed footpaths and disrupted traffic flow.

The operation was conducted by the BMC's B Ward under the directions of additional municipal commissioner Ashwini Joshi and the supervision of deputy municipal commissioner Chanda Jadhav, with assistant commissioner Yogesh Desai leading the on-ground action.

Civic officials said they had received repeated complaints about unauthorised structures and hawkers occupying footpaths, forcing pedestrians onto the carriageway a...