India, April 30 -- An enforcement team of the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) on Wednesday demolished around 100 illegal shanties during an anti-encroachment drive at the auto market in Sector-10, where land has been earmarked for a proposed Metro casting yard, officials said.

The action was carried out on a 25-acre parcel designated for the Auto Market, which is to be used for setting up a casting yard for Phase-2 of the Old Gurugram Metro line from Sector-9 to DLF Cyber City. Officials said occupants were warned that legal cases would be registered if they attempted to re-encroach on the government land.

HSVP officials from estate office one said the shanties had been erected both inside and outside the Auto Market premises. ...