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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: Taking no chances ahead of the monsoon, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is undertaking a massive drive to demolish old and dilapidated structures in the city. On Monday alone when the demolition drive started, about 12 old structures were pulled down. These were apart from the already existing 484 dilapidated structures identified last year taking the total to 777. The civic body has launched a drive to demolish the dilapidated buildings in all the 30 GHMC circles to avoid any incidents during rainy season. The freshly identified old structures include Mehidipatnam (63), Karwan (45) Goshamahal (45), Begumpet (40), Falaknuma (38) and Khairatabad (27) circles..