Hyderabad, May 22 -- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in a drive on Thursday, May 22, demolished footpath encroachments in Asifnagar towards Jhirra Road.

The GHMC razed extensions of shops, restaurants, etc, on the footpath, including a pan shop outside the City Diamond Hotel in Asifnagar and encroachments outside the Gowtham Model School in the demolition drive that began at 11 am.

A short-lived altercation occurred between the hotel management and the Greater Hyderabad officials as they requested time to empty their belongings from the area before the demolition of encroachments. A few establishment owners argued that they constructed the structures keeping in mind the 60-foot road master plan, however, the officials...