Demolition drive: Over 150 shops razed at Jambusar-Padra Road

He added: “With the help of the local police, the illegal encroachments were removed without any problem and resistance from the people. We will continue the drive on Sunday as well.”

Local sources, however, revealed that over 500 shops were razed to the ground. It was after a long time that such a major demolition drive was carried out in the state, they said.

Shah said they did not demolish the hutments. “Unless we are not shown the green signal to remove the hutments, we will not touch them since there is a question of re-location involved.”