diff --git a/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriter.java
index d91261e39..6c079c2a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.converters.DebeziumConverter;
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.db.operations.ClickHouseAlterTable;
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.db.operations.ClickHouseAutoCreateTable;
+import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.db.operations.ClickHouseAlterTable.ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION;
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.metadata.TableMetaDataWriter;
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.model.BlockMetaData;
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.model.CdcRecordState;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 import com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.model.KafkaMetaData;
 import com.clickhouse.client.ClickHouseCredentials;
 import com.clickhouse.client.ClickHouseNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import io.debezium.data.Json;
 import io.debezium.time.Date;
@@ -321,25 +323,45 @@ public boolean updateQueryToRecordsMap(ClickHouseStruct record, List<Field> modi
      * m modifiedFields
      */
     public void alterTable(List<Field> modifiedFields) {
-        List<Field> missingFieldsInCH = new ArrayList<Field>();
-        // Identify the columns that need to be added/removed in ClickHouse.
-        for(Field f: modifiedFields) {
-            String colName = f.name();
+        List<Field> addColumns = new ArrayList<Field>();
+        List<Field> dropColumns = new ArrayList<Field>();
+        
+        //getAlterColumns(modifiedFields, addColumns, dropColumns, this.columnNameToDataTypeMap);
+    }
+
 
-            if(this.columnNameToDataTypeMap.containsKey(colName) == false) {
-                missingFieldsInCH.add(f);
+    public void getAlterColumns(List<Field> sourceFields,
+                                Set<Field> addColumns, Set<String> dropColumns, Map<String, String> columnNameToDataTypeMap) {
+
+        Set<String> sourceColumnNames = new HashSet<>();
+        // Identify the columns that need to be added/removed in ClickHouse.
+        for(Field f: sourceFields) {
+            java.lang.String colName = f.name();
+            sourceColumnNames.add(colName);
+            columnNameToDataTypeMap.keySet();
+            // If the columns are missing in ClickHouse
+            if(columnNameToDataTypeMap.containsKey(colName) == false) {
+                addColumns.add(f);
             }
         }
 
-        if(!missingFieldsInCH.isEmpty()) {
+        Sets.SetView<String> difference = Sets.difference(sourceColumnNames, columnNameToDataTypeMap.keySet());
+        dropColumns.addAll(difference);
+        System.out.println();
+    } 
+
+
+    public void handleAlterColumns(ArrayList<Field> columns, ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION operation)  {
+        if(!columns.isEmpty()) {
             log.info("***** ALTER TABLE ****");
             ClickHouseAlterTable cat = new ClickHouseAlterTable();
-            Field[] missingFieldsArray = new Field[missingFieldsInCH.size()];
-            missingFieldsInCH.toArray(missingFieldsArray);
+            Field[] missingFieldsArray = new Field[columns.size()];
+            columns.toArray(missingFieldsArray);
             Map<String, String> colNameToDataTypeMap = cat.getColumnNameToCHDataTypeMapping(missingFieldsArray);
 
             if(!colNameToDataTypeMap.isEmpty()) {
-                String alterTableQuery = cat.createAlterTableSyntax(this.tableName, colNameToDataTypeMap, ClickHouseAlterTable.ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION.ADD);
+                String alterTableQuery = cat.createAlterTableSyntaxAddColumn(this.tableName, colNameToDataTypeMap,
+                operation);
                 log.info(" ***** ALTER TABLE QUERY **** " + alterTableQuery);
 
                 try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTable.java b/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTable.java
index acd8b7716..4e11be2cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTable.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.altinity.clickhouse.sink.connector.db.operations;
 
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Class that handles logic related to alter table
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public enum ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION {
             this.op = op;
         }
     }
-    public String createAlterTableSyntax(String tableName, Map<String, String> colNameToDataTypesMap, ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION operation) {
+    public String createAlterTableSyntaxAddColumn(String tableName, Map<String, String> colNameToDataTypesMap, ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION operation) {
         // alter table <table_name>
         // add column `col_name_1` data_type_1,
         // add column `col_name_2` data_type_2
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@ public String createAlterTableSyntax(String tableName, Map<String, String> colNa
         for(Map.Entry<String, String>  entry: colNameToDataTypesMap.entrySet()) {
             if(operation.name().equalsIgnoreCase(ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION.ADD.op)) {
                 alterTableSyntax.append("add column ");
-            } else {
-                alterTableSyntax.append("delete column ");
             }
             alterTableSyntax.append("`").append(entry.getKey()).append("`").append(" ").append(entry.getValue()).append(",");
         }
@@ -39,4 +38,24 @@ public String createAlterTableSyntax(String tableName, Map<String, String> colNa
 
         return alterTableSyntax.toString();
     }
+
+    public String createAlterTableSyntaxDropColumn(String tableName, Set<String> columnNames) {
+        // alter table <table_name>
+        // add column `col_name_1` data_type_1,
+        // add column `col_name_2` data_type_2
+
+        StringBuilder alterTableSyntax = new StringBuilder();
+
+        alterTableSyntax.append("ALTER TABLE").append(" ").append(tableName).append(" ");
+
+        for(String colName: columnNames) {
+            alterTableSyntax.append("drop column").append(colName).append(",");
+        }
+        //.append("drop column ");
+
+        //alterTableSyntax.append(String.join(",", columnNames));
+
+        return alterTableSyntax.toString();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriterTest.java b/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriterTest.java
index 43bd7347f..895ae60d5 100644
--- a/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/DbWriterTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.clickhouse.jdbc.ClickHouseDataSource;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.MutablePair;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Field;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Schema;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.SchemaBuilder;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Struct;
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DbWriterTest {
     DbWriter writer;
 
     @Before
-    public void init() throws SQLException {
+    public void init() {
 
         String hostName = "remoteClickHouse";
         Integer port = 8000;
@@ -76,6 +76,35 @@ public void testGetConnectionUrl() {
     public void testIsColumnTypeDate64() {
        boolean result = DbWriter.isColumnDateTime64("Nullable(DateTime64(3))");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAlterColumns() {
+        List<Field> fields = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        // Columns to be dropped.
+        Map<String, String> columnNameToDataTypesMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+        columnNameToDataTypesMap.put("customerName", "String");
+        columnNameToDataTypesMap.put("occupation", "String");
+        columnNameToDataTypesMap.put("quantity", "UInt32");
+        columnNameToDataTypesMap.put("_topic", "String");
+
+        fields.add(new Field("customerName", 0, Schema.STRING_SCHEMA));
+        fields.add(new Field("occupation", 1, Schema.STRING_SCHEMA));
+        fields.add(new Field("quantity", 2, Schema.INT32_SCHEMA));
+        fields.add(new Field("amount", 3, Schema.FLOAT64_SCHEMA));
+        //fields.add(new Field("employed", 4, Schema.BOOLEAN_SCHEMA));
+
+        List<Field> addColumns = new ArrayList<Field>();
+        List<Field> dropColumns = new ArrayList<Field>();
+
+        //writer.getAlterColumns(fields, addColumns, dropColumns, columnNameToDataTypesMap );
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(addColumns.isEmpty());
+        Assert.assertFalse(dropColumns.isEmpty());
+
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Tag("IntegrationTest")
     public void testGetColumnsDataTypesForTable() {
diff --git a/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTableTest.java b/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTableTest.java
index 04e10bd99..2935e9c3f 100644
--- a/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTableTest.java
+++ b/src/test/com/altinity/clickhouse/sink/connector/db/operations/ClickHouseAlterTableTest.java
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 public class ClickHouseAlterTableTest extends ClickHouseAutoCreateTableTest {
 
     @Test
-    public void createAlterTableSyntaxTest() {
+    public void createAlterTableSyntaxAddColumnTest() {
 
         ClickHouseAlterTable cat = new ClickHouseAlterTable();
-        String alterTableQuery = cat.createAlterTableSyntax("employees",
+        String alterTableQuery = cat.createAlterTableSyntaxAddColumn("employees",
                 this.getExpectedColumnToDataTypesMap(), ClickHouseAlterTable.ALTER_TABLE_OPERATION.ADD);
 
         String expectedQuery = "ALTER TABLE employees add column `amount` Float64,add column `occupation` String,add column `quantity` Int32,add column `amount_1` Float32,add column `customerName` String,add column `blob_storage` String,add column `employed` Bool";
@@ -17,4 +20,21 @@ public void createAlterTableSyntaxTest() {
         Assert.assertTrue(alterTableQuery.equalsIgnoreCase(expectedQuery));
         System.out.println("Alter table query" + alterTableQuery);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void createAlterTableSyntaxDropColumnTest() {
+
+        Set<String> droppedColumns = new HashSet<String>();
+        droppedColumns.add("customerName");
+        droppedColumns.add("address");
+        droppedColumns.add("phoneNumber");
+
+        ClickHouseAlterTable cat = new ClickHouseAlterTable();
+        String alterTableQuery = cat.createAlterTableSyntaxDropColumn("employees",
+                droppedColumns);
+
+        String expectedQuery = "ALTER TABLE employees drop column address,phoneNumber,customerName";
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(alterTableQuery.equalsIgnoreCase(expectedQuery));
+    }
 }