Raising their voice against the decision of State government to demolish Osmania General Hospital, heritage lovers and civil society members on Tuesday assembled in large numbers outside the OGH heritage structure to make themselves heard.
-Members from city based civil socitey groups and heritage lovers have assembled outside OGH heritage structure to make their voices heard and chalked out a number of reasons as to why government should not demolish the age old building, often considered as a pride of the city
-“Osmania General Hospital building is like a Taj Mahal for the booming Medical Tourism sector of the city”
A delegation of civil society members, including the alumni of Osmania Hospital, met the Minorities Commission chairperson and interacted with Archaeological Department director Sunitha M Bhagawath and shared their concerns over the decision. Speaking on the occasion, Minorities Commission chairman Abid Rasool Khan said the commission would convey the views aired by the civil society members to State government.
He said that commission would communicate the concerns of citizens through such interactions with the government representatives to build a proper understanding on the issue that involves a historic building. Expressing serious concern over the extrapolative decision of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Osmania Old Boys Association convenor Dr Iqbal Javeed said government should have thought of developing OGH from the perspective of medical tourism.
He said, “Osmania General Hospital building is like a Taj Mahal for the booming Medical Tourism sector of the city. People from across the globe come to see the historic structures like this, which helps to enhance the tourism sector.” He said previous rulers constructed the Osmania Hospital, High Court, Salarjung Museum and Central Library on the banks of Musi River in front of each other keeping in view the symbolic compatibility of the buildings.
“If government removes OGH, then it would deface the beauty of the years-long aesthetic beauty of the construction on the other side,” he opined. On the other hand Forum for Better Hyderabad general secretary O Maneckshaw Debara said that a larger part of the total 26.5 acres land of the Osmania Hospital was open and new buildings can be constructed on that land. He said, “Osmania Hospital is the icon of Hyderabad. It has to be restored because it can be restored to its earlier position with only Rs 7 crores. Government should think over it.”
Archaeological department director Sunitha Bhagawath said that all the concerns of the civil society members would be conveyed to the State government for further action. She said that repairing and maintenance was needed for many other historic buildings in the city. State government takes decisions as per the need and looking at the conditions of the structure, she added.
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