India, April 19 -- Eight enforcement teams of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Saturday carried out large-scale anti-encroachment drives across several private colonies in the city, demolishing hundreds of illegal constructions and temporary structures on internal roads, officials said.

DTCP officials said the drive was undertaken on directions of the state government to comply with an April 2 order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter of stilt plus four floors, which had directed the removal of encroachments in residential colonies.

According to the department, enforcement teams demolished over 315 guard rooms and porta-cabins, removed 215 encroachments on parklands, demolished over 250 ramps and ille...