Amritsar, March 4 -- A multi-storey building which is coming up in the galliara outside the Golden Temple Complex has drawn flak from Sikh groups as two storeys of the under-construction facility are visible from Ghanta Ghar Deori (entrance) and parikrama, affecting the ambience of the historic buildings of Akal Takht and Golden Temple.

The building, which is being built by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), appears to be higher than Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal seat.

Punjab Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) chief investigator, advocate Sarabjit Singh Verka who has been fighting a legal battle against the mushrooming of illegal hotels and guest houses around the holiest Sikh shrine for many years, said, "A build...