Overview
- The chief minister performed a Bhoomi Puja at the temple complex to launch the first-phase works valued at Rs 351 crore.
- A government order numbered Rt No.167 granted administrative sanction for the package, and officials said required land acquisition is complete.
- Authorities set completion of Phase I for the Godavari Pushkarams in June–July 2027 to handle peak pilgrim flows.
- The plan assigns Rs 75 crore for Godavari ghats, Rs 180 crore for temple infrastructure, and Rs 96 crore for the precincts within a larger Rs 586 crore program that sketches Rs 108 crore for Phase II and Rs 127 crore for Phase III.
- Separately, the chief minister pledged multi-faith monuments along Hyderabad’s Musi river and acknowledged an NGT case against that riverfront plan.