India, June 3 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the city's municipal corporation on Monday, carried out a joint drive in which a large number of illegal carts and stalls set up on the Sector 39 and Sector 46 dividing road were demolished, officials familiar with the matter said.

The joint civic team, led by district nodal officer RS Bhath, also included personnel from the Gurugram traffic police, who issued challans to 28 wrongly parked vehicles on the road, GMDA officials said.

A senior GMDA official, requesting anonymity, said that the drive was carried out after the authority received several complaints from local residents about encroachments, illegal vends and random parking in the area, leading to traff...