The operation took place early Wednesday morning, with approximately 17 bulldozers used to clear the encroachments. Officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said that the demolition at 1 am.

According to the weather deaprtment, minimum temperatures are likely to fall slightly over the next two days before rising by 1 to 2 degrees Celsius thereafter. Visibility dropped sharply across Delhi-NCR, and the Air Quality Index (AQI) remained firmly in the ‘very poor’ category.