In a sudden and confidential anti-encroachment action, the Pune Municipal Corporation launched a massive crackdown today on three of the city’s busiest roads — JM Road, FC Road and Gokhale Road. Targeting over 50 unauthorised shop extensions, hotel sheds and roadside stalls, officials began the drive early in the morning without prior notice to prevent resistance. Under the Urban Street Project, new footpaths were recently developed, but many businesses had encroached on pedestrian spaces by set