Misra reaches Ayodhya to review preparations
Temple construction committee chairman will meet engineers of Larsen and Toubro and discuss the temple’s layout plan with architects
LUCKNOW: Ram temple construction committee chairman Nripendra Misra reached Ayodhya on Monday evening to take stock of preparations for construction of the Ram temple.
Misra, who is former principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and members of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will inspect the Ram Janmabhoomi (RJB) campus. They will meet engineers of Larsen and Toubro, the country’s leading construction company, which has been engaged for the temple construction work.
Misra reached Lucknow from New Delhi on Monday morning and met chief minister Yogi Adityanath. He left for Ayodhya in the evening.
During his two-day stay in Ayodhya, Misra will also discuss the temple’s layout plan with architects Nikhil Sompura and Ashish Sompura, sons of Chandrakant Sompura, the main architect. The architects are expected to reach Ayodhya from Ahmedabad on Tuesday. If the architects are unable to make it to Ayodhya on Tuesday, an online meeting is likely to take place to discuss the temple construction work.
Champat Rai, general secretary of the trust, will apprise Misra of the preparations at Ram Janmabhoomi before the construction work starts. The trust is mobilising resources from across the country for the temple project.
The trust is all set to start the construction after the ongoing fortnight of ‘Pitru Paksha’ ends on September 17. ‘Pitru Paksha’ is the period during which Hindus express gratitude to their ancestors.
“After Pitru Paksha, construction work of the Ram temple will start,” Rai said.
Larsen and Toubro is preparing to lay the foundation of the Ram temple. Around 1,200 pillars will be laid 100 feet below the surface to prepare the temple’s foundation.
These pillars will be of stone and no iron will be used. There will be another layer after the stone pillars.
About 100 labourers are likely to be engaged for laying the foundation. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, these labourers will be tested for SarsCoV-2 infection, besides undergoing thermal scanning before they are allowed entry into the Ram Janmabhoomi campus.