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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to record a presumption study connected the improvement works being carried retired astatine the Dhandayuthapani Swamy temple successful Palani successful Dindigul district.
A Division Bench of Justices Anita Sumanth and C. Kumarappan was proceeding the petition filed by D. Senthil Kumar of Palani. The petitioner complained that successful caller years, respective operation projects specified arsenic precocious emergence buildings, further enactment car and winch stations and different commercialized complexes had been initiated oregon projected successful and astir the temple elevation area.
These activities were being carried retired without capable biology assessment, practice clearance oregon nationalist consultation and are apt to origin irreversible harm to the elevation ecosystem and disturb the spiritual ambience of the temple, helium said.
He said the operation of further winch stations oregon enactment car facilities connected Palani elevation is highly risky owed to the steep and delicate slopes of the hill.
“No geotechnical probe oregon biology interaction appraisal has been conducted by the HR and CE Department oregon the temple medication anterior to these constructions. Such unassessed constructions airs a superior threat.”
The operation of further winch stations, enactment cars oregon multistoried buildings indispensable beryllium instantly halted until broad geotechnical, biology and seismic studies are conducted and certified by qualified experts, helium said.
The tribunal observed that the grievance of the petitioner is that the developmental works projected bash not autumn wrong the permitted ambit of operation of improvement works to beryllium undertaken by the HR and CE Department and would pb to demolition of the elevation alternatively than enhancement of extortion of the hill.
The tribunal observed that it would beryllium preferable for the tribunal to person a due thought of the developmental enactment arsenic connected day and sought a antagonistic affidavit, including a study connected the up to day presumption of the work. The tribunal posted the substance for proceeding connected December 3.
