Officials inspect illegal religious structures

Wednesday, 12 January 2011 09:03 administrator
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The Hindu         12.01.2011

Officials inspect illegal religious structures

Staff Correspondent

Clear structures in two days, management committees told

A team of officials, led by Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta, inspected nearly 20 illegal religious structures here on Tuesday.

The Deputy Commissioner held discussions with heads and representatives of the management committees and the trusts of the places of worship and reportedly told them to clear the illegal structures in two days, failing which the administration would remove them.

Mr. Gupta was accompanied by Mysore City Corporation Commissioner K.S. Raykar, Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) secretary Vidya Kumari and assistant commissioners of all MCC zonal offices.

During the inspection, the officials told a group of residents at BEML Nagar, who objected to the proposed eviction of a place of worship in their locality, that they had been directed to carry out the task as per the law.

Mr. Gupta drew attention to the Supreme Court's directive that all illegal places of worship across the country had to be cleared.

He said that notices had been issued to 210 places of worship and ‘aralikattes'.

The district administration may take up a drive against illegal shrines after Makara Sankranti on January 15. It will be conducted in two phases.

The district administration had held meetings with trustees of places of worship, which had been categorised as “unauthorised” and sought their cooperation.

On the instructions of Mr. Gupta, the MCC had conducted a survey and had identified 210 places of worship constructed in violation of the law.


  • District administration may take up a drive against illegal shrines after Makara Sankranti
  • Notices have been issued to 210 places of worship and ‘aralikattes'
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