Ujjain : Residents of Kartik Chowk area got furious when mason carrying two bags of cement reached at Ghanteshwar Mahadev Temple for the renovation work being carried out at the temple on Saturday morning.
Ghanteshwar Mahadev Temple is among the sacred 84 Mahadev temples of the city which are being developed by the Ujjain Development Authority (UDA) for upcoming Simhastha Fair – 2016. When mason reached carrying only two cement bags residents got furious and registered their strong protest. Frightened mason said that contractor only told me about the water proofing of ceiling of the temple. Priest of the temple Sanjay Trivedi alleged that Rs 1, 73,000 is sanctioned by the UDA for renovation of the temple but contractor Kishore Jain of Mangalam Marbles is not spending the enough fund and wants to renovate the temple at least possible cost.
When Assistant Engineer AK Gaud of UDA was contacted he said, “We are carrying out renovation work of the temple step by step, in the first step we are water proofing the ceiling of temple and then further construction work will be carried out.” Priest Trivedi also alleged of high level corruption in the renovation work of 84 Mahadev Temples and said that UDA is carrying out substandard quality work in the renovation.
