Religious structures on roads remain a serious impediment in the way of comprehensive development as several road projects in the city and vicinities often hit a roadblock due to prevailing situation putting the official into perplexity.
One such issue has cropped up recently at Rajendranagar where a meeting of temple and mosque committee members was convened to persuade the stakeholders for peaceful possession of the religious structures for road widening from Aram Ghar to Shamshabad stretch in an amicable atmosphere.
Chaired by District Collector Ranga Reddy Amoy Kumar, the meeting witnessed the presence of officials from Endowment, Wakf Board, Revenue Department and National Highway of Authority besides the members of management committees of religious structures.
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As the road widening works reached close to an end on the stretch from Aram Ghar to Shamshabad on the National Highway No.44, the authorities are now on to finish the left over tusk at isolated spots on the stretch which were not touched so far due to its religious nature.
According to officials, there are around 13 structures of religious nature coming under the road widening from Aram Ghar to Shamshabad stretch that include temples (small and big) at atleast three locations besides a Chilla and a dargah under Rajendranagar limits.
“Though most of the road widening works were completed on both sides of the stretch, few structures like Temples, Chilla and Dargah still have not yet touched keeping open the scope of deliberation with the stakeholders before moving ahead with the plan. While some structures would suffer partially the other would have to be raised completely,” informed an official on the condition of anonymity.
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During the meeting all the stakeholders have raised their concerns with the officials while MLA T.Prakash Goud has also given a patience hearing to the people. While the MLA sought some more time to discuss the issue with the temple and mosque committee members before communicating the same to the officials, the collector Rangareddy has decided to convene the next meeting on September 3, to resume deliberation on the issue and put the process on track.
Earlier to ascertain the situation on the road, the local MLA Rajendranagar T.Prakash Goud along with RDO Chandrakala, MRO Chandrashakher and Tahsildar Shamshabad Janardhan visited the spots where the religious structures existed. Few months later the MLA also held a meeting with temple committee members at his camp office to discuss the matter along with the officials.
“As most of the project work has been completed, the officials are now committed to finish the remaining task within next two months and the same will be decided in a proposed next meeting scheduled to be held on September 3, with all the stakeholders,” the official informed.
