State govt lays stress on timely completion of Ayodhya projects

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government has laid stress on time-bound completion of projects in Ayodhya in its second term.

Regular monitoring is being done and the progress report is being reviewed on a routine basis, according to senior officials of the state government.

At present, 54 projects worth Rs 3126 crore are underway in Ayodhya.

“A large number of projects of both the Centre and the state government are underway in Ayodhya at present. The state government’s emphasis is on completing all of them in a time-bound manner,” said Rishikesh Upadhyay, mayor of Ayodhya.

In the last five years, the state government has completed 17 projects worth Rs 138 crore in

Ayodhya. The entire routes of the panch kosi, 14-kosi and 84kosi parikramas are being developed in Ayodhya.

The new township project in Ayodhya to decongest the old city is also on the government’s priority list. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has assured traders the project will be implemented only after their consent.

The Ayodhya International Airport project is also on the state government’s priority list. The work is underway.

The state government has also reactivated the project related with installing a statue of Lord Ram at Manjha Barhata village in Ayodhya.

In the next two-three days, FASTag facility will also be made available on the Purvanchal expressway

Road widening project

Under the proposed plan, two stretches of the road in Ayodhya dham ( Old Ayodhya town), including the one leading to the historic Hanuman Garhi temple, are to be widened.