The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department on Wednesday crossed an important milestone – it finished measuring and marking 50,000 acres of land belonging to temples in the State.
HR&CE Minister P.K. Sekarbabu, along with Small Industries Minister T.M. Anbarasan, planted the stone for the 50,001 st acre being marked at the land owned by Vyagrapureeswarar temple at Thirupulivanam village in Kancheepuram district.
“in three months’ time, the measurement of one lakh acres of land would be completed. Currently, we have 66 teams of licensed surveyors and revenue officials physically verifying and measuring temple lands, according to documents. We will be increasing the number to 100 teams with more rover equipment needed to digitally measure and GPS-mark the lands,” he said, speaking to reporters after the event.
