The KCR government is facing a tough time defending its proposed project to construct a new Assembly complex. The Telangana High Court asked the government whether there’s a need to construct new buildings as the old buildings have all the facilities right now. The court is hearing arguments in public interest litigation which pleaded for the protection of historical structures in Erramanjil prime locality.

The High Court also found fault with the government for going ahead with the demolition of the historic buildings without showing proof of the permission taken from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. The court asked why is it that the government is not able to specifically say whether it has got permission from the required authorities to demolish historic structures.

Many hurdles are being put since the KCR government began making efforts to move the Assembly from its location to some other place where more space is available for constructing modern buildings with the latest facilities. All Opposition parties are criticising the government move in this regard.

Problems continue for CM K Chandrasekhara Rao’s move to construct new Assembly building in place of Erramanjil historic buildings. Now, the Telangana High Court questioned the KCR government based on which law it is going to demolish the historic monuments. Some petitioners argued before the court that Erramanjil are in the list of heritage structures which should not be allowed to be demolished by the government.

The government is arguing that the structures are not historical buildings and they have been removed from the list of heritage monuments already. The demolitions are being taken up to construct new buildings for Assembly in this location. The present Assembly buildings are not spacious enough to conduct the proceedings of the House.

The petitioners told the court that the government is going to waste lot of public money on the new Assembly buildings though there is no immediate need for the same. These works will be taken up if the demolition of historic buildings are allowed now. These buildings were built during the time of Nizams and they should be protected for future generations.