Hyderabad: Peeved residents of Moosarambagh, supported by members of the Telangana Christian Council and All India Dalit Christian Society, are reconstructing a church which was demolished by the GHMC last week.After the church was demolished without notice, devouts had demanded that it be rebuilt in the same place as soon as possible. "They (officials) are not paying heed to the fact that it is a place of worship and not a commercial space," said Jerusalem Mattaiah, general secretary of All India Dalit Christian Society. "If a temple or a mosque is demolished there would be a huge public outcry, but we are protesting quietly," he said.With no response from the GHMC to their demand, the church-goers in the locality started re-construction of the church on Sunday. "The church had been built on a piece of government land and it had been there for 18 years without disturbing the road. I don't see any reason as to why it was demolished," said Issac Raj, president of Telangana Christian Council."Though a decision to demolish the church was made by a committee of the GHMC in 2014 and some huts were removed from the area but not the church considering that it's a religious place then. Why was it removed now?" asked Jerusalem Mattaiah. During elections all the ministers visit us and ask for our votes but none of the ministers has turned up to look into the issue or even sympathise with us," he added.While the GHMC claimed that only 10 to 15 worshippers visited the church, one of the pastors of the church K. Ermiah said that there were at least 50 people who came to worship in the church. Purushottam Rao, assistant city planner, circle IV, on being asked about the re-construction, said, "Since it is a religious issue we will wait for things to simmer down a bit and then see what further actions have to be taken regarding the issue."The church at Friends Colony in Moosarambagh was demolished on Thursday by the GHMC officials and the members of the area claimed that the demolition had taken place without any prior notice. This had led to protests by the people against the government and GHMC and they demanded that the church be rebuilt in the same place.