Modi will also inaugurate an airport and lay the foundation stones for a slew of development projects for Uttar Pradesh.
PM Modi inaugurating the railway station in Ayodhya. (Screengrab)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, 30 December, inaugurated the redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station and flagged off two Amrit Bharat and six Vande Bharat trains, some virtually.
After inaugurating the station, the prime minister took a tour of the facility.
He was accompanied by Adityanath, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and others. Modi was briefed by Vaishnaw about the station.
Phase I of the redeveloped station — Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station — has been completed at a cost of more than ₹240 crore, officials said.
The three-storey railway station building is equipped with features such as lifts, escalators, food plazas, shops for puja needs, cloakrooms, child care rooms, and waiting halls.
The station building is “accessible for all” and an “IGBC certified green station building”, according to the officials
The Prime Minister flagged off two new Amrit Bharat trains — the Darbhanga-Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express and the Malda Town-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminus (Bengaluru) Amrit Bharat Express.
He also flagged off six new Vande Bharat Trains. These include the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express, the Amritsar-Delhi Vande Bharat Express, the Coimbatore-Bangalore Cantt Vande Bharat Express, the Mangalore-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express, the Jalna-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express and the Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express.
आस्था और आधुनिकता का अमृत संगम।🙏
प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी द्वारा अयोध्या धाम जं. का शुभ लोकार्पण। pic.twitter.com/UQgiMozdJE
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) December 30, 2023
After he arrived in the temple town, Prime Minister Modi held a roadshow from the airport to the railway station and was greeted by a large number of people who had gathered along its route.
Modi greeted people from his car, and at one point, opened the door of his vehicle to wave back at them. People showered flower petals and raised slogans in his praise.
The Prime Minister also witnessed performances by cultural troupes along the route. The inauguration of the airport and railway station were scheduled after the roadshow.
Modi will also participate in a public programme where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of development projects worth more than ₹15,700 crore for Uttar Pradesh.
These include projects worth about ₹11,100 crore for the development of Ayodhya and its surrounding areas and projects worth about ₹4,600 crore related to other works across Uttar Pradesh.
This visit by the Prime Minister comes just ahead of the “pran pratishtha” or consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple.
The temple is currently under construction here, with the consecration ceremony to be held on 22 January, which will be attended by the prime minister.
Modi will also inaugurate an airport.
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