Chittoor Municipal Council to demolish 100-yr-old police station building

Chittoor: Stage set to demolish Chittoor One Town police station building (old) which was constructed more than 100 years ago.  Chittoor MLA DA Satya Prabha  reportedly  made  efforts for demolishing the old building  paving the way  for  constructing a Statue Island near Gandhi  statue. 

She strove for  constructing a model police station building here with an out lay  of  Rs.1.25 crore to which  Chittoor One police station was shifted three weeks ago. 

Home Minister  Chinnarajappa inaugurated the new Chittoor One Town model police station building and he gave his consent to demolish the old building as per the request of  Chittoor MLA . 

Speaking  to The Hans India here on Sunday,  Chittoor MLA D A Satya Prabha  said that Chittoor Municipal Corporation would  take up the work to demolish the old police station building at the earliest as per the master plan for developing the city.“ We have  proposed  to construct Statue Island near Gandhi statue.   

Chittoor One Town polices station old building stood as   serious setback for constructing the statue island. After facilitating a new  building for Chittoor One  Town police station, we have proposed to demolish the old one” she stated.  She reminded  that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu  decided to develop  Chittoor city as role model  on par with Tirupati . 

The Chittoor Municipal Council has already gave its nod to demolish the old police station building. The proposed  project of constructing  Statue Island would start soon,  she added. As  Home Minister has given green signal  for demolishing the old building,  Chittoor SP S.V. Rajasekhar gave his consent  for handing over the old police station building  to CMC, according to official information.