DCs had been told to demolish at least one illegal religious structure every week in every taluk
The Hindu
The direction came in a letter dated July 1, 2021 from the Chief Secretary to Deputy Commissioners
The drive against unauthorised religious structures in public places in Mysuru district, which has drawn the ire of pro-Hindutva organisations and politicians cutting across party lines as well as devotees, is in compliance of directions by Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar to Deputy Commissioners to ‘demolish/relocate/regularise’ illegal structures in line with the Karnataka High Court’s repeated directions to the State government. This, in turn, flows from a Supreme Court order of 2009 in this regard.
In a letter dated July 1, 2021 from the Chief Secretary to Deputy Commissioners, district administrations were ‘directed to prepare and execute an action plan from July 15, 2021, for demolishing at least one illegal religious structure per taluk every week’.
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