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In a letter to LG, Saurabh Bhardwaj requests that the temple’s destruction be halted.

In a letter to LG, Saurabh Bhardwaj requests that the temple’s destruction be halted.

New Delhi, July 4 : Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, demanding not to demolish the Hanuman temple at Chhawla in the Matiala area.In his letter, Bhardwaj said that the faith of the people is attached to Hanuman temple built on the banks of the Chhawla bridge. People from nearby villages also come there to worship Lord Hanuman, Delhi Water Ministry communique said.Bhardwaj has informed the LG that a new bridge has been constructed by the Delhi government adjacent to the old bridge at Chhawla, which will be commissioned within a week.The Minister, in his letter, wrote that on visiting the temple, he saw that it is built on the banks of an old Chhawla bridge and did not in any way obstruct the movement of vehicles on the bridge, it said.Bhardwaj urged the LG to reconsider the order to demolish the temple.(UNI)

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