Hyderabad, Jan. 22 -- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been on a demolition spree on the Chintal Basthi main road connecting Khairathabad with Masab Tank/Banjara Hills since Tuesday, January 21, which ended on Wednesday, January 22.

The reason for the demolition was that most of the shops, buildings, and residential houses on Chintal Basthi main road had encroached upon the footpath and road.

The demolitions were carried out amid heavy police presence after the GHMC's south zone commissioner received complaints from the traffic police that the road had shrunk due to encroachments.

According to Sunitha, GHMC town planning officer who was overseeing the demolitions on Wednesday evening, the road was supposed to be 6...