HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on
Tuesday swung into action and demolished several illegal encroachments
that have come up on the footpaths from Shalibanda to Charminar bus
stand.

The Town Planning wing in the presence of police force took
up the demolition drive though some shop keepers resisted to stop the
demolitions. GHMC South Zone Commissioner Balasubrahmanyam Reddy said
that GHMC has removed the illegal encroachments that have come up along
the footpaths.

Due to lack of footpaths, it was creating problems
for the pedestrians to walk on the congested road from Charminar to
Shalibanda.

The drive will be continued till the illegal footpath encroachments are removed, he added.