Religious structures, illegal, and the law: India
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Illegal shrines in India
30-yr-old Chennai shrine demolished from footpath after HC order
December 8, 2014
After Madras HC orders, the Chennai corporation demolished a 30-year old temple that was built on the footpath at the north gate entrance of the court in the 1980s. The Needhi Kumariamman temple, built for the well-being of ex Chief Minister MG Ramachandran when he was under treatment in the US, was demolished on Sunday. Teams of police officials and corporation workers carried out the demolition.
Illegal shrines in Mumbai
The Times of India, Nov 12 2015
B B Nayak
After HC order, Navi Mumbai finds over 500 illegal shrines
A total of 503 illegal religious structures stand in Navi Mumbai today , reveal surveys undertaken by Cidco and NMMC. Now, Cidco plans to conduct another survey and activists say many more such llegal shrines may get added to the list. Cidco identified 445 such illegal structures in the jurisdiction of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), excluding gaothan conglomerates in civic area. The NMMC conducted a new survey and amended its list, after which 58 more illegal structures were added to the count in areas under its administration. Sources from both agencies said action would be taken on the illegal religious structures that had come up after 2009, in adherence to the Bombay high court directive to crack the whip on such structures within 10 months beginning October. “We have razed six of the 22 structures that came up after 2009,“ additional municipal commissioner Ankush Chavan said.
