About 31,000 illegal structures reportedly went up in 2005 alone.

By 2004, the number of illegal structures rose to 80.

"The Government will not talk to illegal structures, Solidarity," he said at a regular weekly news conference.

Beginning on December 14, many illegal structures were cleared from the beachfront.

Its historical value is usurped by makeshift modifications and adjacent illegal structures.

Within the Mumbai region there are estimated to be hundreds of illegal structures that have been built.

Informal settlements mostly slums and illegal structures mushrooming in the city.

It was merely a matter of demolishing an illegal structure "without a land certificate or construction design.

He said "summonses were written last summer," not only for the illegal structures, but also for an excessive pile of manure.

The problem, however, is that there are a number of illegal structures on those roofs at present.