Temple land worth Rs one crore belonging to the Bala Dandayudhapani temple here was retrieved by HR and CE officials after demolishing a restaurant illegally constructed in the area, officials said Armed with a Court order, the officials, along with a posse of police, demolished the restaurant on Sukrawaarpet, neat Gandhi park.

Meanwhile, a few activists of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhakam (TMMK) staged a demonstration in Sundarapuram as the Corporation brought down a clinic run by it for the last 12 years.

A large number of policemen were requisitioned, as the activists squatted in the middle of the road protesting the act.

The clinic was said to be constructed on encroached land, police said.

However, police dispersed the agitators, easing the tension prevailed in the area for some time, they said.