The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority had reportedly demolished the outer wall of the deserted Qutub Shahi Masjid near High Tech city to construct a new road.
Yogi Adityanath, who is also the Mahant of Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur has allowed authorities to demolish a part of the temple boundary to necessitate road-widening work
The Gurudwara was one of four bottlenecks in the road project, most parts of which were completed in 2013. Besides the gurudwara, the three other bottlenecks were a power line, a petrol pump, and water supply lines.
Aligarh DM issued an order to ban all religious events from on roads after a group started organising “Maha Aarti” on Tuesdays and Saturdays as a protest against road-blocking on Friday Namaz.