Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Friday, asked the Yadadri Temple Development Authority (YTDA) to make good use of the 2,157 acres, which the Revenue department will hand over to the former for creation of various amenities.
The land should be used for temple-related facilities, including parking and accommodating police, fire station, health and transport departments. House sites for temple priests and staff should be given within the same parcel. The CM asked the Yadadri Collector to allot house sites and patta certificates to local journalists outside the earmarked place, a release said.
Mr. Rao visited the shrine of the hill temple along with his family to offer prayers ahead of his proposed launch of a national party on Wednesday. He presented a cheque of ₹52.48 lakh as his personal contribution to the gold coating of the dome atop the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. The amount was the cost of one kg and sixteen tolas of gold.
