.. The Minister of State for Home, Karnataka R. Roshan Baig, and a few others rebuilt a temple and offered it to people on the Ganesha Chaturthi day.

The Ganesh temple on Shivaji Road in Shivaji Nagar here, a predominantly Muslim area believed to have been constructed in 1826 (and had) collapsed in 19985 ...

The Minister ... financed a part of the construction and even supervised the work. The remaining cost was borne by some Muslim well-wishers ... The work began in 1997 and was completed recently ... The Minister formally opened the temple on 25 August, 1998 ...