Hyderabad, June 14 -- The 135-year-old Nizam era Warangal Central Jail in Telangana became history with the authorities demolishing the prison structures to build a multi super-specialty hospital.

The demolition work, which was taken up on Sunday on a massive scale, was almost completed within 24 hours.

Amid the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, the 135-year-old Nizam era central prison at Warangal will be converted into a super-specialty hospital.

The state government has decided to set up a regional cardiac center at the site of the jail in the heart of Warangal to provide comprehensive medical services to the people.

In this view, Warangal central jail staff shifted inmates to different jails in the state to start the constru...