Mohali, Dec. 16 -- Residents and shopkeepers in Mohali's Phase 11 continued their protest on Monday against a joint demolition drive by the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) and the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) targeting alleged illegal constructions outside residential houses and behind the local market. The action, part of an ongoing anti-encroachment campaign, has triggered strong opposition, with residents and traders staging daily protests since December 6.

On Monday, Mohali mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu intervened and extended support to the protesting shopkeepers. He said no injustice would be allowed against poor people whose livelihoods depended on these shops and assured them that their concerns would be raised...