No casualties were reported when a wall collapsed in Punjagutta on Wednesday. The incident occurred on the same day when Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) began identifying the dilapidated buildings.
The drive is part of its monsoon action plan. Many dilapidated buildings identified are in Charminar, Goshamahal, Secunderabad and Khairtabad.
“We are preparing a circle wise list of dilapidated buildings. On Wednesday, we served notices to buildings in dilapidated condition and asked those living in them to vacate,” said a GHMC official.
“I instructed the officials to prepare a list of buildings which are structurally unfit and ensure all dilapidated buildings are demolished,” said GHMC commissioner Lokesh Kumar.