Bringing Ram Rajya In Ayodhya: Nitin Gadkari To Launch Projects Worth Rs 7,195 Crore In The Holy City Today

The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday (8 February) will launch various highway and infrastructure projects having an estimated cost of Rs 7,195 crore in Ayodhya, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on Thursday (7 February).

The projects include improvement of “84 Kosi Parikrama Marg” and the “Ram Vangaman Marg”. These two projects have religious significance, especially for the pilgrims who visit the holy city in Uttar Pradesh, reports Times of India.

According to the TOI report, Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for all the projects with the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

“The projects include beautification of the Ayodhya section of the Lucknow-Ayodhya highway at a cost of Rs 55 crore, four-laning of the Ayodhya-Akbarpur section of the Ayodhya-Varanasi highway at a cost of Rs 1081 crore, construction of the 46 km, 4 lane Ayodhya Ring Road at a cost of Rs 1289 crore, construction of the 44 km Mohanganj-Shringverpur section of the Ram Vangaman Marg at a cost of Rs 478 crore and construction of the 91 km Bikapur-Rudauli-Murtihanghat  section of Ayodhya’s 84 Kosi Parikrama Marg at a cost of Rs 896 crore,” the ministry said in the statement.

The Ram Vangaman Marg project stretches over 262 km from Ayodhya to Chitrakoot and is to be constructed at a cost of Rs 2020 crore, while Ayodhya’s 84 Kosi Parikrama Marg is a 275 km long project with estimated cost of Rs 2750 crore, the statement added.

A large number of pilgrims reportedly take the 84 Kosi Parikrama Marg to complete the tour around Ayodhya, which is worshipped as the birth place of Lord Ram. The stretch will be developed as a national highway.