Ayodhya: PM Modi Inaugurates New Airport, Railway Station Ahead Of Consecration Of Ram Temple
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Maharshi Valmiki airport and the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station on Saturday. According to officials, 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 and will be equipped to serve about 10 lakh passengers annually.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Maharshi Valmiki airport and the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station on Saturday.
According to officials, phase 1 of the airport has been developed at a cost of more than Rs 1,450 crore.
#WATCH | PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
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First flight to Ayodhya Airport
The airport's terminal building will have an area of 6,500 sqm and will be equipped to serve about 10 lakh passengers annually.
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The first flight to the new airport was an IndiGo aircraft that took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Saturday.
#WATCH | People recite 'Hanuman Chalisa' onboard the inaugural flight to the newly constructed Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham, in Ayodhya, UP pic.twitter.com/7H5UP666XK
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Redeveloped Ayodhya Railway station
Earlier, PM Modi inaugurated the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station in the city of Lord Ram.
Phase I of the redeveloped station -- Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station -- has been completed at a cost of more than Rs 240 crore, officials said.
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The three-storey railway station building has 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.
PM flags off new trains
The prime minister also 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.
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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.
Following this, Prime Minister Modi visited the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk, where a giant-size Veena has been installed. A devotional song sung by Lata Mangeshkar was being played during his visit.
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Inauguration of Ram temple
The Prime Minister inaugurated the two massive, state-of-the-art infrastructure projects ahead of the consecration of the Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which is scheduled for next month.
The idol of Lord Ram will be installed in the Ayodhya temple at an auspicious time in the presence of PM Modi on January 22.
On Saturday, PM Modi said the whole world is waiting for the historic Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22 but appealed to people not to come to the city for the event.
He said some people have been invited and they should come to the temple town to witness the historic day.
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