Lord Venkateswara comes to Belapur

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) has allotted 2.4 acres land at Belapur in Navi Mumbai to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) for construction of a Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple. Its board approved the direct allotment of two plots at Parsik Hill, Belapur.

According to a Cidco official, the TTD board chairman Chandalwada Krishnamurthy and executive officer D Sambasiva Rao had met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in April to this end.

“They presented him a letter of representation from AP Chief Minister,” said an official.

Early this month, Cidco board allocated two plots of 1900 and 2900 sq metre for the temple.