Madhya Pradesh HC Grants ASI Extension for Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque Survey
Deccan ChronicleBhopal: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday granted an extension by around two weeks to Archaeological Survey of India to complete the scientific survey of the disputed site of Bhojshala temple- Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar district in the state. “The ASI’s plea for extension of time to submit the report on the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex came up for hearing on Thursday. In its directive to ASI on March 11 this year, the high court had sought a scientific survey of the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex, observing that the nature and character of the medieval era-monument needed to be ‘demystified and freed from the shackles of confusion’. The ASI, which was to submit its report on July two, sought extension of time by ‘three-four weeks’ to produce the survey report since the Central agency waited for the final report from Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute which has completed the Ground Penetrating Radar - Geographic Information System survey of the site recently.