Put ‘Buddhist Vihars' in separate sub-category of religious sites for conservation: Cong leader
Nagpur, May 5 (PTI) Former Maharashtra minister and Congress leader Nitin Raut on Monday demanded that 'Buddhist Vihars' be included as a separate 'sub-category' among religious sites in urban development plans of the state given the significant population of the community.
Raut, in a letter to Additional Chief Secretary (Urban Development Department), pointed out that in development plans being prepared for urban areas in Maharashtra, religious sites are classified under 'Category 16', which include temples (16-01), mosques (16-02), churches (16-04), gurdwaras (16-05) and mutt-monasteries (16-06), among others.
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