HYDERABAD: Following incidents of people living in dilapidated buildings losing their lives in the incessant rains, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) continued its demolition drive on Tuesday.
GHMC commissioner Lokesh Kumar said 65 dilapidated buildings had been razed in the last one week.
The drive is being continued to save the lives of people living in these old buildings, the GHMC said in a statement. Municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao had instructed the officials to take up a special drive to demolish the old buildings.
People have been asked to vacate the old buildings in Nacharam, Yakutpura, Sri Nagar Colony near Ramanthapur, Balagunj, Karmanghat, Gowlipura and other areas.