Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday announced that the government will construct these in the new Secretariat premises at government expense.
He expressed ‘regret and pain over some inconvenience’ caused to the religious structures due to the demolition work at the old Secretariat complex. He declared that in the new Secretariat premises, a new temple and mosque would be constructed on a more spacious spot. “The government has begun to construct the new Secretariat complex by demolishing the old buildings. I came to know that while demolishing the multi-storeyed old buildings, the temple and mosque adjacent to the old buildings were damaged due to debris falling on them. I feel sorry about the incident. It should not have happened.
The government’s intention is to build a new complex by demolishing the old buildings without causing any damage to the temple or the mosque,” he said in a statement. “We will construct a temple and a mosque in the new Secretariat premises in a more spacious way even if it means spending crores of rupees.
We will construct the temple and mosque at government cost and hand them over to the people concerned. I will have a meeting with the temple and mosque managements very soon. After discussing with them, along with the new Secretariat, places of worship will also be constructed. This is my promise,” he added.
