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The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company has (PCMC) intensified its ongoing crackdown on unlawful encroachments within the Chikhali–Kudalwadi space in final three days. Below the continued operation, 682 unauthorised buildings have been cleared on Monday, masking roughly 33.58 lakh sq. ft of development. Prior to now few days, as many as 1,511 unlawful buildings have been demolished, officers mentioned.
This massive-scale initiative focused unauthorised sheds, factories, warehouses, scrap outlets, and unlawful buildings erected on land reserved for future metropolis growth and public facilities. Municipal Commissioner Shekhar Singh and Police Commissioner Vinaykumar Chaube are collectively overseeing the drive, the civic administration mentioned.
Monday’s motion was coordinated by the PCMC’s constructing permission and unauthorized development management division, together with zonal speedy response groups. Further Municipal Commissioner Pradeep Jambhale Patil, Deputy Commissioner Manoj Lonkar, particular officer Kiran Gaikwad, Zonal Officers Rajesh Agale, Sucheta Pansare, Amit Pandit, Kishor Nanavare, Umesh Dhakane, Ajinkya Yele, and Shital Wakade took half within the operation, supported by govt engineers, deputy engineers, junior engineers, and different personnel.
Below the supervision of senior law enforcement officials—together with Further Police Commissioner Vasant Pardeshi and Deputy Commissioners of Police Swpana Gore, Dr. Shivaji Pawar, Sandeep Doiphode, and Vivek Patil—safety was strengthened within the space. Round 600 law enforcement officials, 180 personnel from the Maharashtra Safety Pressure, and extra labor employees joined forces with PCMC groups. Heavy equipment, together with 16 excavators, 8 JCBs, 1 crane, and 4 cutters, was deployed for demolition. Standby firefighting autos and ambulances have been additionally stationed on-site.