PM Modi Inaugurated Ayodhya Dham Railway Staiton and Airport

 

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was welcomed by various groups of artists from across the country as he arrived in Ayodhya on Saturday, December 30, 2023. He laid the foundation stone of 46 projects worth Rs 15,700 crore there. While on his way to the railway station, the Prime Minister held a road show where more than 1,400 performers presented folk art and cultural programs on a total of 40 stages set up along the route. He was greeted by a large number of people with flowers and slogans. He inaugurated the redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Railway Station, flagging off six Vande Bharat express trains : one, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi, second one, the Amritsar-Delhi, third one, the Coimbatore-Bangalore Cantt, fourth, the Mangalore-Madgaon, fifth, the Jalna-Mumbai and sixth the Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal. He also flagged two new Amrit Bharat trains: the Darbhanga-Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal and the Malda Town-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminus (Bengaluru). At the railway station, Modi was accompanied by CM Shri Yogi Adityanath, Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and deputy CM Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya and Shri Brijesh Pathak. The Phase-I of the redeveloped railway station has been completed at a cost of more than Rs 240 crore. The building has three storeys, and has modern features like lifts, escalators, food plazas, shops for puja needs, waiting halls, cloak rooms, and rooms for child-care. Its facade is inspired by traditional temple architecture.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned from there to inaugurate the new Maharishi Valmiki International Airport too. At the airport, he was accompanied by Union Minister for Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shri V K Singh, CM Shri Adityanath and a few other leaders. The Phase-1 of the airport has been developed at a cost of more than Rs 1,450 crore. The airport's terminal building will have an area of 6,500 sqm, equipped to serve about 10 lakh passengers annually. The facade of the airport terminal building is heavily influenced by the architecture of the Ram Temple. The interiors of the airport are decorated with paintings and murals depicting the life of Lord Ram. The Prime Minister gave an address to the people at the airport saying, “The whole world is waiting for the historic Ram Temple consecration at Ayodhya on January 22. Development and heritage will take the country forward.”