CM offers to bear cost for Ravidas temple in Delhi

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday said the state government was ready to bear the entire expenditure to be incurred on land allotment by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for construction of Guru Ravidas Temple at Tughlakabad in New Delhi.
The Ravidas temple and samadhi at Tughlakabad were demolished in August 2019, following the Supreme Court orders.It is believed that Guru Ravidas visited this place around 1509 during the reign of Mughal emperor Sikander Lodhi.
Channi said DDA recently asked Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir Chamarwala Johar Tughlakabad Committee to submit Rs 4.33 crore for taking 400 square meter land with the capitalised rent for 30 years. As the amount was hefty, Channi said various delegations have approached him for seeking requisite contribution from the state government. As the state government is following the ideology of Guru Ravidas to ensure the well being of all, in the same spirit, they have now decided that if the committee desires so, the state government will bear expense from procuring the land to building the temple, he said.tnn