Hyderabad, July 13 -- The Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC) requested that a church be built along with a temple and a mosque in the new secretariat.

Anthoniraj Thumma, Executive Secretary of the Committee said, "There have been regular Christian workshops conducted at the secretariat. Every Wednesday during the lunch break, prayers were offered in the Association Hall of the K Block. After the inauguration of the church hall at the L Block by former Chief Minister Y.S Rajasekhar Reddy, the prayers were conducted there. We requested a different Church building which the mosque and temple had."

"This is not the first time that we have requested a church but this is a long pending request with the government for the allotment of land in...