Municipal workers demolishing an old building at Mangalhat in the old city of Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Rvk Rao
A day after the building collapse on the busy RP Road in
Secunderabad, in which 17 persons dead and scores injured, the Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) finally woke up from slumber and
started demolishing dilapidated buildings in different parts of the city
on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, demolition of a dozen old buildings has
been taken up in different parts of the city and the exercise would
continue for a few days. Joint inspections carried out by the town
planning and engineering teams have identified as many as 154 buildings
as old and dilapidated, which need to be demolished immediately.
Municipal
corporation teams demolished buildings in Uppal Budvel (2),
Rajendranagar (2), Mangalhat (1), Hill Fort Road (1), Adarsh Nagar (1)
Old Bowenpally (2), Qutbullapur (3) and Monda Market (1).
