Mild tension prevailed at Kattedan area here on Saturday when the town planning wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) demolished as many as 21 illegal plastic building units.

Though the owners of the plastic units resisted the demolitions, the GHMC staff with the help of the police went ahead with the demolitions.

Zonal commissioner of South Zone Ravi Kiran told Express that the residents of Kattedan, Gaganpahad, Shastripuram and other nearby areas have been complaining to the corporation over the prevailing pollution in the said localities for a long time.

These unauthorised plastic units have been recycling the used plastic material by burning them in the open causing pollution leading to health hazards like breathing problems, vomiting, nausea among others. As these residential colonies were thickly populated, they have been requesting the corporation to remove the units.

The demolitions which started at 6 a.m. continued up to 10 a.m. under the supervision of city planner and assistant city planner and others.

Ravi Kiran said that six illegal plastic  units near Mir Alam Tank were also sealed by the corporation on Saturday.