Lord Jagannath puri of Orissa holds an enormous respect and is one of the greatest religious places of the great India. It is the house of Lord Jagannath.
The temple is spread across 57,000 acres of land which is 23 out of 30 districts of the state of Orissa. Of which about 19,000 acres of land is spread across Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Jami areas. The Bhubaneswar development authorities (BDA) holds a great reputation when it comes to dealing with lands.
A large amount of these lands is grabbed away by the miscreants in different areas. Thus the chief secretary G.C.Patil on 16th March, Tueaday has directed to protect these lands and construct wall fencing to protect this lands.
Also, Orissa state government has identified 131 acres of such grabbed lands which are indeed a part of Shree Jagannath Puri temple. A high-level meeting was held by the secretary G.C.Patil and decision of selling those land areas of 131 acres to the government was made.
The main objective of such a sensitive decision is to free those lands from the miscreants and generate a huge revenue for the funding of Shree Jagannath puri temple. For selling these lands, the secretary has asked Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) to make necessary changes in the existing laws of 2003.
Chief secretary of Bhubaneswar development authority (BDA) Surest Mohapatra has said that , they were asked to sell 131 acres of land to generate revenue for phase-1. BDA will sell those lands and 5 percent of the land cost, he added.
The temple administration has targeted to generate a handsome revenue of 2,000 crore within each year by selling the temple lands.
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