Hyderabad: The blasting of heritage rocks at Peeran Shah Wali Dargah by construction workers was stopped after police intervened.
DC had reported on Wednesday that real estate developers were carrying out illegal blasts at the protected site. A Narsingi police team visited the site and asked the workers to stop the work after a complaint was lodged by activist and Great Hyderabad Adventure Club founder president, Diyanat Ali. Mr Ali had also lodged a complaint with Cyberabad police commissioner C.V. Anand, seeking his intervention to stop the alleged destruction of the heritage rock site and the dargah atop it.
The Peeran Shah Wali Dargah is located near the AP Police Academy. The ancient rock formation is listed as item No 8 in GO 68, Ali said.
“In the above-mentioned GO, it is stipulated that within 100 metres from the periphery of the dargah, there shall be a buffer zone in which no construction activity is allowed,” the heritage activist said.
