A portion of the beautiful Charminar breaks down

The famous Charminar of Hyderabad lost a portion of its minaret on Wednesday night, though no incidents of injuries have been reported as of now.
The unfortunate event happened after a chunk of the ornate stucco work of one of the minarets, facing the Laad Bazaar area, fell off. The incident occurred at around 11:30 PM on Wednesday night.

Reportedly, a few months ago, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had renovated the four minarets of the Charminar to fix the cracks and patches. However, the entire city received a shock after the news of the unseen collapse of the chunk of monument spread like wildfire.
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According to the news reports, a few tourists present at the incident site were panic-struck as soon as they beheld the concrete falling off. As more curious people assembled on the site, the police banned civilians from hovering around the Charminar or even attempting to visit it.

Made in 1591 by the fifth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, after shifting base from Golconda to Hyderabad, Charminar is both a monument, a mosque and a prominent tourist site in the city. The presence of several buildings in the area, increasing pollution and prolonged delay in repair work had caused a lot of damage to the monument.