The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has stepped up its crackdown on unauthorised constructions, carrying out a demolition drive in Airoli on the instructions of NMMC chief Dr Kailas Shinde.

The drive was carried out under the guidance of Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr Rahul Gethe and Deputy Commissioner (Encroachment) Dr Kailas Gaikwad, with the encroachment department acting against illegal structures raised without civic permissions in Sector 2, Airoli.