By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: Director General of Archeological Survey of India (ASI) V. Vidyavati, who is on a two-day visit to Odisha to check progress of various works being carried out by the ASI, today reviewed the Shree Mandira Parikrama Project in Puri Srimandir.
The ASI DG discussed with senior officials about the master plan of the heritage corridor project. SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar, Puri Collector Samarth Verma, SP Dr. Kanwar Vishal Singh, and senior officials of OBCC were present during the review.
The Rs 800-crore project will create an unobstructed 75-metre corridor around the Meghanada Pacheri (outer wall of the Shree Jagannath Temple). This is the biggest redevelopment project of temple surroundings in centuries.
