HC says no gopuras on roads

HC says no gopuras on roads
New Indian Express

BANGALORE: The High Court on Thursday directed the Commissioner of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) and the Commissioner of Police to ensure that the religious endowments department does not construct gopuras on roads.

Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice Manjula Chellur issued the order to the respondents following a petition filed by former deputy mayor Srirame Gowda.

The petition contended that a part Kanakapura Road, in front of the Banashankari temple, had been closed to traffic due because of the construction of a gopura.