Hyderabad, April 3 -- Pointing out the historical lapses in rejuvenating the Musi river, the Forum for Good Governance (FFGG) has written to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy asking the state government to first clean the polluted river before constructing the planned 108-feet statue of Lord Shiva in it.

FFGG general secretary Padmanabh Reddy, in his letter, was referring to the foundation stone laid by the CM for a temple at Manchirevula on March 29, where the Shiva statue is planned to be built in the middle of the Musi river. "It is proposed to complete the work of 'Omkareswara temple' in two years," he added

He stated that the existing common treatment plants designed to handle industrial pollutants that have polluted the river...