The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) continued the demolition drive of old and dilapidated structures in Greater Hyderabd limits.

Town planning teams with the support of police demolished as many as 49 buildings in different parts of the city on Thursday. Tension prevailed at Attapur and other places where owners and tenants objected to the demolition, but the GHMC went ahead and brought down the buildings.

The structures demolished included: Mallapur 2, Cherlapally 6, Mansoorabad 4, Sultanshahi and Gowlipura 2 each, Pusalbasti 2, Attapur 4, Kavadiguda 3, Shaikpet 3, Lingampally 2, Taranagar 2, Ramachandrapuram 2, Fathenagar 2, and Moulali 2.

Eton Temple High School block, VM Home, and buildings with house numbers 15-8-474 to 459 at Siddiamber Bazar in Feelkhana were among the demolished structures. GHMC officials told Express that 31 dilapidated buildings were identified during inspections on Thursday and they would be demolished soon.