Five mazars located on the King George Medical University (KGMU) campus here are staring at demolition as their management committees have failed to furnish legal proof of ownership or land rights within the deadline that expired on Friday. The university administration had served notices to the committees 15 days ago, threatening demolition of the structures in the absence of a satisfactory response. The management committees of the mazars have, in their reply to the notices, said the structures predate the medical college by over six to seven centuries. The KGMU was originally established as a medical college and later upgraded to a university. We had pasted demolition notices on their walls.”“There were eight mazars and three of them have already been demolished inthe last one-and-a-half years.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2026 10:07 UTC