Colleges to come up on lands belonging to temples, says TN Minister
The Hindu
HR & CE Minister P.K. Sekar Babu said that these institutions would be constructed to ensure a steady income for the temples on whose lands they are to come up
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, P. K. Sekar Babu, on Wednesday said that colleges and educational institutions will be constructed on lands belonging to various temples in the State. Addressing presspersons after inspecting the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple at Egmore along with Minister for Labour Welfare C. V. Ganesan, Mr. Sekar Babu said that these institutions would be constructed to ensure a steady income for the temples on whose lands they are to come up. He said that lands belonging to temples that are being retrieved from the clutches of encroachers would be put to use for the benefit of the society, an issue stressed upon by Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.
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