MCK should focus on fulfilling the promise of converting Tower Circle on par with the Amritsar Golden Temple as part of the Smart City project
They should stop the encroachment of the parking space of the Collectorate in Karimnagar and stop further congestion with the growing vehicular population
KARIMNAGAR, DECEMBER 02, 2025: The Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar (MCK) authorities, who had made tall claims to develop the ancient and historic heritage Clock Tower in the heart of Karimnagar, are now bent upon to damage the historic monument due to their negligence.
Instead of the development of the Tower Circle area on par with Amritsar city, the MCK authorities had encouraged its deterioration by encouraging the installation of mandaps during Ganesh Chathurthi and Durga Mata festivals. Besides, the Commissionerate of police had also destroyed the structure by erecting an outpost without any reason. On the other hand, round the year, the traders occupy the place and sell their products the dump the remains and their material on the premises of the ancient heritage structure. The pictures speak about the lethargy of the district authorities in the protection of ancient monuments.
Significance of the Clock Tower
During the regime of the Seventh Nizam ruler, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the then district collector constructed the clock tower in 1928. Presently, the clock tower is the centre of Karimnagar town. As part of town development, the locals constructed Kaman (gateway of Karimnagar) at the entrance of the city.
Instead of initiating the measures to preserve such a historic structure, the MCK authorities are bent upon encroaching on the parking space of the Collectorate, which was constructed some four decades ago, for ‘obvious’ reasons better known to the authorities concerned.
The locals demanded that the authorities concerned should take measures to protect the ancient and heritage structures from degradation due to encroachments by various sections including police authorities, in the name of a police outpost.
“We are slowly losing our heritage sites. The ancient works, including the important Clock Tower, are delicate and need the government’s attention for their protection,” said a resident.
