LUCKNOW, Aug. 24 -- Nearly 100 streets across Lucknow have been cleared following an intensive anti-encroachment drive launched earlier this week, officials said on Sunday. The campaign, initiated on Wednesday, has widened key roads and improved traffic flow across the city.

Data from the five police zones, East, West, North, South, and Central, shows that South and West zones recorded the maximum clearance, with the operation carried out in coordination with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC).

Officials said the drive aims to ease congestion and restore space for pedestrians and vehicles. Over the years, illegal vendors, kiosks, and temporary structures had reduced carriageway space, causing traffic bottlenecks.

"Encroachment has...