2 religious structures razed in Delhi to make way for flyover

New Delhi, July 2

A temple and a mazaar were removed amid heavy police deployment in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura Chowk Sunday morning to pave the way for the construction of a flyover, the police said.

They said the decision to remove the two structures was taken at a “religious committee” meeting a few days ago and a proper dialogue was held with the residents and local leaders.

“Everything happened very peacefully,” DCP (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said after the structures were removed by the Public Works Department (PWD) amid heavy deployment of police.

Tirkey said there was a Hanuman temple and a mazaar on the opposite sides of the road at Bhajanpura Chowk. A few days ago, a decision was taken at “religious committee” that both the structures would have to be removed to widen the road for the the Saharanpur flyover.

“This was planned a few days ago. But the local leaders here had asked the civil administration for some time to prepare and make some necessary arrangements. Both the structures were removed from here with everyone’s cooperation,” he said.