India, Nov. 24 -- The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday began a demolition drive around Isanpur Lake to clear unauthorised structures that have occupied the lake's land for years.

Teams from the municipal authority along with local police began the drive with the help of bulldozers.

The operation covers over a thousand structures identified as encroachments.

Officials said the constructions had blocked the natural spread of the lake and affected restoration plans. The civic body has been working on similar clearances at other waterbodies and has included lake development in its annual planning.

AMC deputy commissioner Riddhesh Raval said the lake site covers 96,000 square metres of government land, of which nearly 30%, o...