A portion of the ancient battlement of Golconda Fort in the Resham Bagh area has been demolished over the past few days. “The wall can be seen in a 1980 photograph. Later, it was walled inside a house. I noticed a few days ago that it was being demolished. They brought down the arches of the wall,” said a resident, sharing information about the destruction.
A small two-bedroom house, which touched the wall, was also pulled down to pave way for removing the entire portion of the wall and construct a bigger house.
On Saturday afternoon, two dump trucks waited at the site while an earthmover broke the wall built with large granite blocks. The site is close to the Patancheru Darwaza which has emerged as a go-to spot for heritage walks in the city. The fort is under the control of the Archaeological Survey of India, but large stretches of the wall and land have been encroached upon.
