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The 1872-school for former royal children Madrasa-i-Aaliya is set to be razed to make for a new building. The old building now called Aliya High School for Boys has been abandoned in stages and only the library, Principal’s chamber and laboratory are functioning from the continental-style heritage building.
“There have been a lot of rumours about a new building from the time parts of it were abandoned. But a few weeks ago, officials came and measured the building confirming our fears that this building will be demolished,” said a teachers’ union official when asked about the development. Every year, the school gets a notice from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation about the building’s stability. Two years ago, the high ceiling in the right wing of the building collapsed in a heap after the timber rafters gave way.
A dent in city’s heritage in 2020
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December 25, 2020 00:39 IST
If dip in tourists due to COVID robbed palaces and museums of the buzz, rain and floods did the rest
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Lost sheen: Secretariat building being razed in Hyderabad. (Right) Moazzam Jahi Market started leaking during the torrential downpour following its re-inauguration.
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If dip in tourists due to COVID robbed palaces and museums of the buzz, rain and floods did the rest
2020: The year of gloom and doom left a trail of destruction on the centuries old built and natural heritage of Hyderabad. If the dip in tourist and visitor numbers robbed the palaces, museums and tourist sites of the usual buzz and the ticket money and hobbled the tourism industry, the October rain did the rest.