Do not allot Simhachalam temple land for Google Data Centre: CWC member

Congress Working Committee (CWC) subordinate Gidugu Rudra Raju connected Sunday urged the State authorities not to allocate onshore belonging to the Simhachalam temple for the projected Google Data Centre, stating that specified a determination would wounded the sentiments of Hindu devotees. He said earlier governments had refrained from utilizing temple lands for specified purposes, arsenic it goes against the guidelines of the Endowments Department.

Speaking to the media here, Mr. Rudra Raju said the Congress would reason the connection to manus implicit 106 acres of onshore belonging to the Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swami temple. He suggested that the authorities alternatively get backstage onshore for the project, with the institution bearing the cost. “It is not due for the authorities to utilise temple lands,” helium said.