By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Jan. 20: The state government on Wednesday informed the AP High Court that all religious structures on road margins and sidewalks in the city would be removed in phases.
The advocate-general, Mr D.V. Seetarama Murthy, told a division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had identified 621 religious structures causing hardship to commuters and intended to remove all of them.
The bench was dealing with a petition filed by Mr N. Srinivas and others against the construction of a religious structure on a public road.
Mr Murthy told the court that the GHMC would remove 25 structures in phase I by the end of March. Around 86 structures would be removed by July end as part of phase 11.
The 510 structures slated to be removed in phase III are long standing and permanent and the process would require more persuasion, the AG stated.
A committee would be constituted to negotiate with all religious leaders of the locality to remove or relocate the structures that were causing severe traffic problems, he said.
However the bench was not satisfied with the road map prepared by the GHMC and told the authorities to fix a time frame even for the removal of permanent structures and posted the matter to April 15.
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