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Call for ‘No Secretariat’ grows by the day
The members of ‘Save Bison Polo Ground’ are leaving no stone unturned to make their point. After sending a petition carrying 800 signatures to the Prime Minister, the members have now written to the chosen architect Hafeez Contractor to prevail upon the Telangana Chief Minister not to go ahead with a plan to construct a secretariat at Bison Polo Grounds.
Secunderabad: The members of ‘Save Bison Polo Ground’ are leaving no stone unturned to make their point. After sending a petition carrying 800 signatures to the Prime Minister, the members have now written to the chosen architect Hafeez Contractor to prevail upon the Telangana Chief Minister not to go ahead with a plan to construct a secretariat at Bison Polo Grounds.
The Architects’ Association of Hyderabad has written a letter to Hafeez Contractor. Many members of the group are also architects and have shot a letter to the noted contractor.
The shrill against the proposed construction of a secretariat and a cultural centre at Bison Polo Grounds is growing by the day. Shireen Baria, Supreme Court lawyer says, “Technically, the state government is yet to get a green signal from the centre.”
Recently, a Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Hyderabad High Court, challenging the reported decision of the centre to use Bison Polo Grounds for construction of secretariat. The PIL was filed by former Director-General of Police M V Bhaskar Rao, former cricketer Vivek Jaisimha, chartered accountant T Bharadwaj and former squadron leader Anil Bhalla.
In 2002 the then AP government had proposed to construct cricket stadium at Gymkhana Grounds but was turned down by Defence authorities as no permanent structures are allowed in defence areas. Also, a proposal from the Army to the PMO for building family accommodation in 1995 was overruled.
The members of Save Bison Polo Ground say that given the past attempts by the state governments to construct structures went in vain and we are hopeful and confident that we would thwart further attempts. Omin Debara, a social activist says, “Bison Polo and Gymkhana Grounds are reserve lands and constructing buildings would be a violation.”
By T P Venu
