The management of a Hindu temple in Kajang, Selangor, has rejected a proposal by the state government to construct a new 383m roadway to connect it with a main street.

According to the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple committee, the plan would force its devotees living at the nearby Taman Cuepacs to take a detour of about 6km to get to the temple.

This was opposed to an earlier plan to pave a 50m roadway that...