LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) demolished around 100 lawyers' chambers near the Qaiserbagh court area on Sunday, with nearly 100 more structures remaining on its list, as protests over the lack of alternative accommodation brought the demolition drive to a halt at one point.

The civic body identified 211 chambers during a demarcation exercise and launched the drive following High Court orders. Advocates protested against the removal of workplaces they said they had used for decades without arrangements for rehabilitation.

The demolition began around 10 am amid heavy police deployment on Rani Laxmibai Marg near the Residency crossing. LMC teams razed structures allegedly built on government land, drains and f...