SCB demolishes illegal structure in Karkhana

Secunderabad: Mild tension prevailed in Karkhana on Friday after locals held a protest against land grab in the area. The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) engineering officials accompanied by a team of police personnel, later demolished an illegal structure that was built on the land.
“A temporary shed was put up on Cantonment land (Class ‘C’), which is governed by the board, measuring nearly 400 square yards, near Mahankali temple at Karkhana for commercial purposes by unidentified persons.The accused were using the shed for repairing motor vehicles and washing them. It is an illegal structure, and earlier too, we had told them to remove the shed, but they did not do it,” SCB assistant engineer, Krishna Sagar, told TOI.
Meanwhile, the locals produced a few documents claiming that the land belonged to them, however, according to SCB records, it is Class ‘C’ land. “We have put up a signboard and a wall will be built to protect the cantonment land,” said the engineer.