<p>Social activist and advocate Dilip Mohapatra filed a miscellaneous petition in the Orissa High Court yesterday.<br /><br />The PIL was filed in the vacation court of Justice B N Mohapatra and Justice B K Naik and sought a direction to the state government for furnishing all reports to the court and explain as why no action was taken to protect the the temple.<br /><br />Mohapatra, earlier this, month had drawn the attention of the HC towards water-logging in the temple premises through a PIL and had informed about the plight of visitors who had to wade through knee-deep water to visit the heritage site.<br /><br />Following HC intervention, the state government and ASI took measures to clear the water-log.<br />A team of advocates who visited Konark also submitted a report to the court stating that the temple was not refurbished since 1903 due to which cracks had developed and lichens, weeds and small plants grew there.<br /><br />The temple was declared a heritage site by UNESCO in 1984</p>
<p>Social activist and advocate Dilip Mohapatra filed a miscellaneous petition in the Orissa High Court yesterday.<br /><br />The PIL was filed in the vacation court of Justice B N Mohapatra and Justice B K Naik and sought a direction to the state government for furnishing all reports to the court and explain as why no action was taken to protect the the temple.<br /><br />Mohapatra, earlier this, month had drawn the attention of the HC towards water-logging in the temple premises through a PIL and had informed about the plight of visitors who had to wade through knee-deep water to visit the heritage site.<br /><br />Following HC intervention, the state government and ASI took measures to clear the water-log.<br />A team of advocates who visited Konark also submitted a report to the court stating that the temple was not refurbished since 1903 due to which cracks had developed and lichens, weeds and small plants grew there.<br /><br />The temple was declared a heritage site by UNESCO in 1984</p>