Newly-Inaugurated Ayodhya Railway Station Littered With Paan Stains And Trash, Videos Spark Outrage
Several videos have surfaced online in the past couple of days showing how the state-of-the-art facility that boasted of airport-like amenities has been littered with paan stains and trash lying around. In one of the videos posted online a large number of clothes can be seen hung for drying all across the handrails, while passengers are sleeping on the floor littered with plastic and other waste.
Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Phase-1 the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station, also known as Ayodhya Dham Junction, it has been left in a sorry state of affairs.
Several videos have surfaced online in the past couple of days showing how the state-of-the-art facility that boasted of airport-like amenities has been littered with paan stains and trash lying around.
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Videos show sorry state of affairs
In one of the videos posted online a large number of clothes can be seen hung for drying all across the handrails, while passengers are sleeping on the floor littered with plastic and other waste.
Give the World Class Facilities and Infrastructure to People and They Will Ruin It
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This is Newly Opened Ayodhya Dham Railway Station, Feels So Terrible To See This
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Another video, in which a person was attempting to demonstrate how the phase-2 construction of the railway station was progressing, also showed unhygienic conditions all across.
? Ayodhya railway station after 2 months of inauguration. (?-@reality5473) pic.twitter.com/iWqK5SQvkR
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Lack of civic sense
The videos have caused massive outrage online, with many questioning the lack of basic civic sense of Indians.
Others argued that until we learn to maintain existing ones, Indians don't deserve modern infrastructure.
Some also raised questions on what the Railway authorities and cleaning staff there are doing.
Ayodhya Dham Junction
The Phase-1 of the redeveloped Ayodhya Dham railway station was completed at a cost of over Rs 240 crore.
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The three-storey railway station building that is modeled on the Ram Temple 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."
The railway station and a new airport was constructed in Ayodhya to facilitate the arrival of devotees to the Ram Temple.
1.12 crore devotees in Ayodhya in two months
In the two months since the 'Pran Pratishtha' of Ram Lalla in Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple took place there has been a continuous increase in the number of devotees coming here for darshan and worship.
From January 22 to March 20, 1 crore 12 lakh devotees have had the privilege of worshipping Lord Ram Lalla. The number of devotees coming to Ayodhya to have the darshan of Ram Lalla has increased rapidly compared to last year, the state tourism department said.
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