HYDERABAD, Oct 23: Residents of Hyderabad Bungalows staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday to protest against the construction of a commercial building on Wadhu Wah road.

They raised slogans against the Al-Rehman builders and the Hyderabad Development Authority for allowing the construction of a commercial project in a residential area.

Speaking on the occasion, Jeay Sindh Students Federation leader Sooryah Sindhi and Hyderabad Bungalows Welfare Association office-bearers Zulfiqar Jagirani, Syed Anwar Ali Shah and Azeemullah Qureshi termed the construction of Zain Towers illegal, saying that according to law, a commercial project could not be launched in a residential area.

They said that the people of Hyderabad Bungalows were already suffering due to shortage of drinking water and absence of sewerage system and the construction of Zain Towers would add to their miseries.

They warned that if work on the “fraudulent project” was not stopped, consequences would be serious.

BAN: Taking notice of increasing incidents of aerial firing and fireworks during marriage ceremonies and on other festive occasions, Hyderabad District Nazim Hyderabad Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed the district police to strictly enforce ban on such practice under section 144 of CrPC and institute legal proceedings against the violators of the ban. He said aerial firing and fireworks frequently led to tragedies and the practice must be stopped.