Historical sites go ‘missing’ in city

Hyderabad, April 24: Officials of the state archaeology and museum department are not able to trace some of the listed archaeology sites in the city.

Searches in recent times by the officials revealed that many of these sites have been encroached upon and commercial establishments built in their places.

The officials said some sites date back to 1678 AD and 11th century. “In Kukatpally there are some megalithic burials listed in our records, but we can’t find them now,” officials said. They were also not able to trace Akkana Madanna temple in Kukatpally, neolithic site in Begumpet, fortification and Baradari in Malkajgiri.

“To prevent further encroachments, we have begun documenting each and every site which falls under the purview of the department,” said an official.