India, March 4 -- A team from the municipal corporation's tehbazari wing demolished illegal shanties set up on government land in Manna Singh Nagar, near Chand Cinema, on Monday. The drive faced strong opposition from slum dwellers living at the site, who protested the removal. There was a chaotic scene at the site when the MC team, along with a JCB machine, started removing the makeshift houses.

As the MC team, accompanied by police, started the demolition, some of the encroachers allegedly tried to throw bricks at the officials. However, with police presence, the situation was brought under control and no clash took place.

According to MC officials, the shanties had been removed earlier as well, but the encroachers kept returning and ...