Apr 8: The Odisha High Court on Friday sought responses from the State government and Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI) over the ongoing Puri Heritage Corridor project. Both the Odisha government and ASI have been asked to file their responses by April 17.
The High Court has sought replies from both the parties on three aspects- What is being constructed around the Puri Jagannath temple, whether there is permission for carrying out such construction activities and whether there is any structural threat to Srimandir or not.
The Odisha High Court has fixed April 21 as the date to hear the matter again. The Court came up with the direction while hearing a PIL filed by Puri based resident Dilip Baral.
In Parliament, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi had raised the issue and alleged that the works have been undertaken under the project around vicinity of the Srimandir without permission from ASI and it is posing serious threats to the 12th century shrine in Parliament recently.
