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Metro rail: Rally held against move to acquire church land HYDERABAD: Hundreds of faithful belonging to the St Thomas Tamil Cathedral, Secunderabad, held a peace rally on Sunday protesting against the acquisition of church property for the Hyderabad metro rail project. They demanded realigning the rail route so that property belonging to the 160-year-old church would not be bulldozed. Nearly 2,000 square yards of the church property, including a portion of its graveyard abutting the old Gandhi Hospital premises, is being acquired for the metro rail project as part of the corridor II from JBS to Falaknuma. The Hyderabad district collector had issued a draft notification for taking over the properties a couple of weeks ago. The church committee claims the acquisition has been proposed without any technical report or expert opinion. The acquisition hurts the sentiments of the community. The church was built with lime, mortar and mud and it will not withstand heavy construction equipment being used by the metro rail authorities while erecting piers, the church president Samuel Thomas said.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:14:50 +0000

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