Cuttack: Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed Cuttack district administration to maintain status quo of the Goddess Kali Temple situated at the site in Khan Nagar.
Hearing a petition, the HC ruled that few portions of the land identified for the proposed project belong to a temple of Goddess Kali. Hence, any kind of demolition and construction work cannot be carried out on the site.
The temple is located almost in the middle of the 12-acre project site.
Notably, the new bus terminus which will be named after Netaji Subhash Bose will be constructed at a cost of Rs 65 crore. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had laid the foundation stone for the project on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on January 23.
