Architecture winners
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Honorable Mention Title:The Destruction of Old Varanasi During my last visit to the sacred city of Varanasi, I was stunned when witnessing the destruction of a large part of the ancient city labyrinth to make room for a corridor allowing for streamlined processions down to Marnikarnika Ghat - hundreds of century old houses vanished without substantial resistance or outcry. The government acquired some 300 old houses and structures, most of that were 250 years old, only to demolish them. On the condition of anonymity, one local expressed dismay over the razing of the entire Lahori tola, which included the house of Hindi writers like Devki Nandan Khatri. House of journalist Kameshwar Mishra, the father of Hindi shorthand, Karmaical library, one of the oldest libraries of Uttar Pradesh as well as the house belonging to the posterity of Mandan Mishra have been demolished to the ground. His idol was thrown in the debris (https://pragyata.com/catastrophic-kyotoisation-of-kashi/)
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