MAPUSA
The Shriram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Nyas Goa head Ratnakar Lele on Monday said Rs 1.75 crore have been collected so far for the Ram temple from North Goa alone.
“Public response to this collection drive has been tremendous. The nationwide drive to collect funds started from January 15 and our aim is to collect Rs 5 crore each from North and South Goa. On the first day itself, we collected Rs 18 lakh from North Goa,” said Lele at a press conference.
Sanjay Valavalkar informed that of the 302 villages in North Goa, about 1,800 volunteers have covered 8,000-9,000 houses in 208 villages.
The press conference was also attended by Datta Naik, Ashish Shirodakar and Shrihari Athalye.
