India, Feb. 15 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday demolished the unauthorised asbestos sheds and rooms of the HR College of Commerce and Economics near Churchate. The college had constructed the illegal rooms using brick wall partitions on the landing areas along the staircase leading from the ground to the fifth floor.

A team from the civic body also acted against the unauthorized mezzanine floor below the college registrar's office. The BMC had flagged the issue in 2024 and served a notice to the college, asking them to pull down the illegal constructions in the college premises. In the notice, the civic body warned the college that if they failed to act, the illegal structures could lead to the imprisonment of...