The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved a budget of ₹797.68 crore to beautify the Ram temple area in Ayodhya along the lines of Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, the state’s minister for tourism and culture, Jaiveer Singh, told reporters.
The sanctioned programme is aimed at renovation and widening of roads leading to the Ram temple, Singh said, adding that a two-year deadline was set by the cabinet for completing the project.
“We will develop the area in Ayodhya on the pattern of KV Corridor,” said Singh.
According to the minister, the approved budget includes the cost of constructing the 12.940-km Sahadatganj-Nayaghat main road. Development of this area would pave the way for easier access to the temple and prevent overcrowding, he added.
Singh said the road would be constructed by the state’s public works department after acquisition work, which would be carried out following financial rules by the competent authority for land acquisition.
The Ayodhya vision document provides for construction of modern roads along with sewer lines, power cables, water ducts and provision of other utilities. The 12.940-km road will be used as trunk road of modern Ayodhya city.
- In another major decision, the cabinet also approved a proposal to set up a regional centre/campus of the Gujarat-based Rashtriya Raksha University in Lucknow.
