The Supreme Court-appointed committee for Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan held its 15th meeting, urging the removal of encroachments on temple lanes and listing policemen deployed over five years. Devotees offered ₹4.90 crore in the last three months.
Retired Justice Ashok Kumar, heading the committee, revealed the amount was collected in the locked gullak before the murti of Thakur Ji. Enhanced darshan timings endorsed by Goswami representatives are now in effect. The sacred phool Bangla tradition yielded ₹80 lakh in offerings.
Four more sale deeds were executed for the proposed temple corridor, showing steady progress. Security review found the agency satisfactory despite recent clashes with devotees; they will serve two more months but switch from black to yellow uniforms to match the religious ambience.
The committee criticised e-rickshaw congestion near entry points, private parking boards falsely bearing Nagar Nigam names, and poor-quality peda sold nearby. The FSDA team from Agra will check the khoya quality. A May 30 deadline is set for inventorying temple assets.
The pending ₹5 crore income tax refund from 2013-14 will soon bring ₹2.5 crore plus ₹1 crore interest.
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