After a first-of-its-kind court was set up in Thane last week to deal with the menace of illegal and unauthorised constructions, three other civic bodies will soon implement the same. The municipal corporations at Mira-Bhayandar, Kalyan-Dombivli, and Pune will soon set up such courts in their areas.

A recently issued state government order paved way for setting up of a special court for the areas under the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). It took the state three and a half years to approve the proposal after it was submitted in February 2009. Thane has the maximum number of illegal structures after the city of Mumbai.