Water seen oozing from Charminar

Hyderabad: Tourists were alarmed on Monday afternoon to see water seeping out from a huge crack on the Charminar’s north-eastern minaret. The rainwater was flowing out at intervals.

Videos of the water flowing out from the minaret were circulated on social media too.

The water was oozing out from the first-floor platform beneath the lattice in the north-eastern minaret. Archaeological Survey of India superintendent Dr Milan Kumar Chouley said, “Rain water had collected in that section and the workers were throwing it out. Also, there were bird-droppings in that section which was cleaned by using rain water.”