India, March 4 -- The BMC, in collaboration with the Antop Hill traffic police, removed more than 600 vehicles, many of which were abandoned or illegally parked near Dosti Acres in Wadala for more than 10 years, freeing up the road for commuters. During the drive, 150 two-wheelers were also fined and encroachments on footpath cleared.

The stretch from Shaikh Misri Shah Dargah (SMD) Chowk to Acharya Atre Nagar Monorail Station had become a major bottleneck for local residents, due to illegal car and two-wheeler parking, unauthorised construction of shops, and encroachment by hawkers.

Vaysingh Patil, senior inspector, Antop Hill traffic division, told HT that a nine-hour drive from 9:30am to 2:30pm was undertaken last Friday using a 100-s...