Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) department has surveyed close to one lakh acres of temple lands as part of an effort to safeguard the property from encroachments.

Relying on modern survey technologies such as Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) for the survey of lands and digitisation of records, the department hopes to survey the remaining 3.5 lakh acres of temple lands spread across the state.

"The work to survey the temple lands is progressing briskly and we hope to complete the entire work soon," says HR & CE Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran.

Source: PTI-Chennai