The New Indian Express 24.05.2013
After two-day break, the demolition drive against unauthorised
religious structures resumed on Thursday with the administration
bringing down about five temples and shrines along the stretch from Khan
Nagar Ring Road to Madhupatna.
Madhupatna Puja Mandap became the
first casualty among the several mandaps that have been listed for
demolition by the administration. The mandap that is among the leading
ones in the City was brought down in an operation that stretched over an
hour.
Though the demolition went on smoothly without protests or
resistance, it disrupted traffic on the National Highway No-5 for over
an hour as blockades had to be enforced to enable operation of the
bulldozers and machinery.
reduced to debris was the Batamangala temple on the banks of river
Kathjodi. As many as 25 temples and shrines including the Gundicha
temple of the Chandni Chowk Puja Committee have been demolished till
date. The drive would continue through Friday, administration officials
said.