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Additional municipal commissioner Ravindra Kumbhare said the NMC is firm to follow high court directions.The NMC had launched the drive to remove illegal structures following directions from the high court and apex court. On May 19, 2015, the NMC launched a drive, removing 49 such structures, but it continued only for a few days. The NMC will lodge an FIR against the agitators on Wednesday. The agitation by Bajrang Dal and Congress activists forced the NMC to leave the drive midway, said assistant municipal commissioner of the zone Swarna Dakhane.On Tuesday, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, after almost two years, relaunched its drive to remove illegal religious structures from roads, footpaths and public places. Armed with an excavator, the squad reached the spot at around 3pm..