MEERUT, Feb. 22 -- A decades-old mosque located on Delhi Road in Meerut district was demolished late on Friday night to make way for the construction of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Corridor. The exercise was carried out in the presence of police and administrative officers.

The authorities said the mosque was causing obstruction in the progress of the rapid rail project and preventing the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) from continuing its work.

Following directives from the authorities, the caretakers of the mosque began vacating it on Friday. They removed doors and wooden panels of windows on their own. Late in the night, a bulldozer was brought in by the officials to carry out the demolition.

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